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Goodenia krauseana

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Goodenia krauseana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. krauseana
Binomial name
Goodenia krauseana
Synonyms[1]

Goodenia nana K.Krause nom.illeg.

Goodenia krauseana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to part of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending herb densely covered with silvery bristles, and has lance-shaped leaves at the base, sometimes with a few teeth on the edges, and small groups of yellow flowers with a brownish centre.

Description

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Goodenia krauseana is a prostrate to ascending herb densely covered with silvery bristles, and has stems up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. It has lance-shaped leaves at the base, 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide, sometimes with a few teeth near the tip. The flowers are arranged in small groups up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long, with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 8–60 mm (0.31–2.36 in) long. The sepals are linear to elliptic, 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long, the petals yellow with a brownish base, 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) in diameter.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

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This goodenia was first formally described in 1912 by Kurt Krause who gave it the name Goodenia nana,[4][5] but that name was illegitimate because it had already been used (by Willem Hendrik de Vriese for a plant now known as a synonym of Goodenia humilis R.Br.).[6] In 1980, Roger Charles Carolin changed the name to Goodenia krauseana in the journal Telopea.[7][8] The specific epithet (krauseana) honours Krause who revised the family Goodeniaceae in Das Pflanzenreich.[7]

Distribution and habitat

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This goodenia grows on rocky hills in the Eastern Goldfields and Great Victoria Desert regions of Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status

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Goodenia krauseana is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Goodenia krauseana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia krauseana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Goodenia krauseana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Goodenia nana K.Krause". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ Krause, Kurt; Engler, Adolf (ed.) (1912). "Goodeniaceae". Das Pflanzenreich :Regni Vegetablilis Conspectus. 54: 80. Retrieved 26 February 2021. {{cite journal}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Goodenia nana de Vriese". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C (1980). "New species and new combinations in Goodeniaceae and Campanulaceae". Telopea. 2 (1): 64. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Goodenia krauseana". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.