Goodenia crenata

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Goodenia crenata

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. crenata
Binomial name
Goodenia crenata

Goodenia crenata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to north-western Australia. It is a perennial, herb with oblong, elliptic or egg-shaped leaves in a rosette at the base of the plant, and leafy racemes of yellow flowers.

Description[]

Goodenia crenata is a perennial herb with prostrate or low-lying stems up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and hairy. Most of the leaves are arranged in a rosette at the base of the plant and are oblong to elliptic, or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide with wavy edges. The flowers are arranged in a leafy raceme on a peduncle 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped and hairy, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and the corolla is yellow and about 15 mm (0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 5 mm (0.20 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering occurs from May to July and the fruit is an oval capsule about 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming[]

Goodenia crenata was first formally described in 2001 by Roger Charles Carolin and in the journal Nuytsia from material collected at Glass Hill in the east Kimberley in 1999.[2][4] The specific epithet (crenata) means "scalloped" and refers to the edges of the leaves.[2][5]

Distribution and habitat[]

This goodenia mostly grows near water holes, creeks and rocky outcrops in the Ord Victoria Plain, Central Kimberley and Tanami biogeographic regions of northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[2][3]

Conservation status[]

Goddenia crenata is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Goodenia crenata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Sage, Leigh W. (2001). "New taxa in Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 13 (3): 529–531. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Goodenia crenata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. ^ "Goodenia crenata". APNI. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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