Goodenia racemosa explained

Goodenia racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is an erect undershrub with linear or narrow oblong leaves and racemes of vivid yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia racemosa is an erect, mostly glabrous undershrub that typically grows to a height of up to . The leaves on the stems are linear to narrow oblong, long and wide. The flowers are arranged in thyrses or racemes up to long with linear bracts mostly about long. Each flower is on a pedicel about long, and the sepals are linear, about long. The corolla is vivid yellow, long, the lower lobes long with wings wide. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a spherical to oval capsule, long.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia racemosa was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the Burnett River.^{[4] [5]}

In 1990, Roger Charles Carolin described G. racemosa var. latifolia and the name and that of the autonym are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

• Goodenia racemosa var. latifolia Carolin^[6] has narrow oblong leaves wide;
• Goodenia racemosa F.Muell. var. racemosa^[7] has linear leaves about wide. The subspecies name (latifolia) means "wide leaf".^[8]

Distribution and habitat

The latifolia variety grows in rocky situations in Isla Gorge and the autonym is found on the Carnarvon Range and Blackdown Tableland.

Conservation status

Both varieties of G. racemosa are listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia racemosa . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 15 April 2021.
2. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia racemosa var. latifolia . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 15 April 2021.
3. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia racemosa var/ racemosa. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 15 April 2021.
4. Web site: Goodenia racemosa. APNI. 15 April 2021.
5. Book: von Mueller . Ferdinand . Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae . 1859 . Victorian Government Printer . Melbourne . 114 . 15 April 2021.
6. Web site: Goodenia racemosa var. latifolia. Australian Plant Census. 15 April 2021.
7. Web site: Goodenia racemosa var. racemosa. Australian Plant Census. 15 April 2021.
8. Carolin . Roger C. . Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea . 1990 . 3 . 4 . 524 . 10.7751/telopea19904905 . 15 April 2021. free .
9. Web site: Species profile—Goodenia racemosa var. latifolia . Queensland Governemtn Department of Environment and Science . 15 April 2021.
10. Web site: Species profile—Goodenia racemosa var. racemosa . Queensland Governemtn Department of Environment and Science . 15 April 2021.