Goodenia
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Goodenia is a genus
consisting of 179 species of flowering plant
s. The name was published in 1793 by James Edward Smith
in honour of the Bishop of Carlisle
Samuel Goodenough
.
Goodenough was also a botanist and member of the Linnean Society.
. G. pilosa extends to Indonesia
, southern China
and the Philippines
. All other species are endemic to Australia. They are found in all states, including in arid and semi-arid areas.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
consisting of 179 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s. The name was published in 1793 by James Edward Smith
James Edward Smith
Sir James Edward Smith was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world...
in honour of the Bishop of Carlisle
Bishop of Carlisle
The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District...
Samuel Goodenough
Samuel Goodenough
Samuel Goodenough was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1808 until his death in 1827, and an amateur botanist and collector. He is honoured in the scientific names of the plant genus Goodenia and the Red-capped Robin .-Life:Born at Kimpton, near Weyhill, Hampshire, on 29 April 1743 , he was the third...
.
Goodenough was also a botanist and member of the Linnean Society.
Distribution
Only G. konigsbergeri doesn't occur in Australia but is endemic to Java. G. armstrongiana, G. purpurascens and G. pumilio extend to New GuineaNew Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. G. pilosa extends to Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, southern China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. All other species are endemic to Australia. They are found in all states, including in arid and semi-arid areas.
Species
Species include:- Goodenia hederaceaGoodenia hederaceaGoodenia hederacea is a flowering plant that is endemic to Australia. It may be prostrate or grow up to 80 cm in height with stems arising from the base. Leaves are 10 to 120 mm long and 3 to 25 mm wide with a green upper surface, and a lower surface which may be hairless or tomentose...
- Ivy Goodenia, Forest Goodenia - Goodenia lineataGoodenia lineataGoodenia lineata is a flowering plant that is endemic to the Grampians in Victoria, Australia. It is a perennial herb that grows to 50 cm high with oblanceolate leaves that arise mostly from the base of the plant. Yellow flowers appear in racemes between November and February in the species native...
- Goodenia macmillaniiGoodenia macmillaniiGoodenia macmillanii, commonly known as Pinnate Goodenia, is a flowering plant that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a short-lived perennial which grows up to 50 cm high with pinnate leaves with leaflets that have toothed margins. Although eastern species of the genus usually have yellow...
- Pinnate Goodenia - Goodenia ovataGoodenia ovataGoodenia ovata is a flowering plant endemic to Australia. It grows in most states except Western Australia and the Northern Territory, near the coast as well as in drier inland areas. The plant usually behaves like a fast-growing groundcover, and upright shrubby forms also exist...
- Hop Goodenia, a small shrub to 1 metre in height with yellow flowers. - Goodenia stobbsianaGoodenia stobbsianaGoodenia stobbsiana is a shrub species native to the north of Western Australia. It has blue flowers that appear between March and October in the species native range. The species was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1881 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, based on...