Goodenia subsolana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a perennial herb with toothed, lance-shaped leaves, yellow flowers on an ascending to low-lying flower stem, and more or less spherical fruit containing round to elliptic seeds.
| Goodenia subsolana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. subsolana
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia subsolana | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Velleia pubescens R.Br. | |
Description
editGoodenia subsolana is a perennial herb with toothed, lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long and up to 25 mm (0.98 in) wide. The flowers are arranged on an ascending to low-lying flowering stem up to 150 mm (5.9 in) tall, with bracteoles up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long and free from each other. The lower sepal is egg-shaped to elliptic, sometimes heart-shaped, 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long and the petals are yellowish, about 14 mm (0.55 in) long, with wings about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and attached to the base of the lower sepal. The fruit is a more or less spherical capsule containing spherical to elliptic seeds about 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editThis species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Velleia pubescens in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd and others transferred it to the genus Goodenia but the name G. pubescens was unavailable as it was preoccupied by a species described by Sieber ex Spreng., now known as Scaevola albida.[6] Shepherd named the new species G. subsolana. The specific apithet (subsolana) means "eastern-oriental", referring to the distribution of this species near coastal habitats of Queensland, in eastern Australia.[7]
Distribution
editGoodenia subsolana is found near Shoalwater Bay and around Herberton in eastern Queensland.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Goodenia subsolana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia pubescens". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1967). "The Genus Velleia Sm". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 92 (1): 52–53. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Velleia pubescens". APNI. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Scaevola albida". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Kelly Anne Shepherd; Brendan J Lepschi; Eden A Johnson; Andrew G Gardner; Emily B Sessa; Rachel S Jabaily (7 July 2020). "The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification". PhytoKeys. 152: 88. doi:10.3897/PHYTOKEYS.152.49604. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 7360637. PMID 32733134. Wikidata Q98177294.