Goodenia cycnopotamica

Goodenia cycnopotamica is a plant in the Goodeniaceae family which is endemic to Australia, and found in both South Australia and Western Australia[3]

Goodenia cycnopotamica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. cycnopotamica
Binomial name
Goodenia cycnopotamica
Occurrence data from AVH

It was first described as Velleia cycnopotamica by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1867, from a specimen collected by James Drummond on the banks of the Swan River.[4][5] in 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd and others transferred it to the genus, Goodenia based on nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial data,[2] and this is the name accepted by the Western Australian Herbarium,[6][1] but other databases have not yet made this change.[7][8]

Description

Goodenia cycnopotamica is an annual herb. The flower stalks are up to 25 cm long. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, dentate to lyrate; lamina 2-6 cm long, 3-10 mm wide. The bracteoles are up to 15 mm long, and free. The sepals are free or nearly free, about 4 mm long, and are oblong to elliptic,[3] and attached below the ovary.[2] The pink, lilac to white corolla is 5 to 6 mm long, and hairy to almost smooth on the outside, while the inside is sometimes glabrous and sometimes not. There are no projections. The ovary has about four ovules. The capsule is globular. The seeds are wrinkled and 3 to 4 mm in diameter,[3] with a comma-shaped body and broad wings.[9]

It flowers mainly from August to October.[3]

References
  1. "Name currency: Velleia cycnopotamica F.Muell". FloraBase.
  2. 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.
  3. R.C.Carolin (2020). "Velleia cycnopotamica". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. "Velleia cycnopotamica F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867). "Goodeniaceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 6 (41): 7, t. L.
  6. "Velleia cycnopotamica". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. "Velleia cycnopotamica F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. "Goodenia cycnopotamica". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. "Fact sheet for Velleia cycnopotamica". www.flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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