Goodenia Sm.

Details

Name scientific

Goodenia Sm. (1793)

Preferred name

Goodenia Sm.

Taxonomy reference

Shepherd, K.A.; Lepschi, B.J.; Johnson, E.A.; Gardner, A.G.; Sessa, E.B.; Jabaily, R.S. 2020: The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification. PhytoKeys 152: 27–104.

Linked name

Goodenia Sm. 1793

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Shepherd, K.A.; Lepschi, B.J. et al. (2020)

Nomenclature

Authors

Sm.

Original authors

Sm.

Year published

1793

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Goodenia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Goodeniaceae

Genus

Goodenia

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Selliera

Synonyms

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Selliera Cav.

Description

Fls axillary; lobes of corolla ± equal, spreading; margins ± inflexed, sts winged. Anthers free; stigma exceeded by pollen-cup; ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules ∞.Fr. fleshy, indehiscent; seeds ∞.Glab. us. creeping and rooting herbs with entire alt. lvs. Genus of a few not fully understood spp. of Australia, Tasmania, N.Z., Chile.