Goodenia subg. Porphyranthus sect. Ebracteolatae (K.Krause) K.A.Sheph., comb. et stat. nov.

≡ Goodenia subsect. Ebracteolatae K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr. 54: 46. 1912 - Type (here designated): Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl.

= Calogyne R.Br., Prodr. 579. 1810 ≡ Goodenia ser. Calogyne (R.Br.) Carolin, Fl. Australia 35: 331. 1992 - Type: C. pilosa R.Br. ≡ Goodenia pilosa (R.Br.) Carolin.

= Distylis Gaudich., Voy. Uranie 10: 460, t. 80. 1829 - Type: D. berardiana Gaudich. ≡ Goodenia berardiana (Gaudich.) Carolin.

= Balingayum Blanco, Fl. Filip. 187. 1837 - Type: Balingayum decumbens Blanco = Goodenia pilosa (R.Br.) Carolin.

= Aillya de Vriese, Natuurk. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wetensch. Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 75. 1854 - Type: A. umbellata (Vriese) Vriese = Goodenia pulchella Benth.

= Goodenia sect. Goodenia ser. Foliosae Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 53, 69. 1868 - Type (designated by Carolin in George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 331. 1992): G. strangfordii F.Muell.

= Goodenia ser. Pedicellosae Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 54, 73. 1868 - Type (designated by Carolin in George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 331. 1992): G. cycloptera R.Br.

= Symphyobasis K.Krause, Pflanzenr. 54: 40, fig. 11. 1912 - Type: S. macroplectra (F.Muell.) K.Krause ≡ Goodenia macroplectra (F.Muell.) Carolin.

= Goodenia subsect. Borealis Carolin ser. Borealis in A.S.George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 331 (1992) - Type: G. sepalosa F.Muell. ex Benth.

Description.

Low shrubs or herbs. Leaves usually basal (sometimes ephemeral) and/or cauline. Flowers usually in racemes or subumbels with leafy bracts; pedicel usually without bracteoles. Corolla bilabiate, yellow, mauve or brownish purple, with hairs inside arranged in rows often becoming confluent towards base. Style simple or 3- or 4-fid. Ovary with 30 or less ovules, in two rows in each locule. Seeds usually more than 1.5 mm wide, rarely glossy, wing prominent and usually mucilaginous.

Number of taxa and distribution.

This section includes 95 species across Australia with G. armstrongiana extending northwards into New Guinea. The annual G. pilosa subsp. pilosa extends from Australia to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and the Philippines while the perennial G. pilosa subsp. chinensis is found in China and Vietnam.

Included species.

G. anfracta J.M.Black, G. angustifolia Carolin, G. arachnoidea Carolin, G. argillacea Carolin, G. armitiana F.Muell, G. armstrongiana de Vriese, G. asteriscus P.J.Lang, G. berardiana (Gaudich.) Carolin, G. brachypoda (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin, G. byrnesii Carolin, G. campestris Carolin, G. cirrifica F.Muell., G. concinna Benth., G. coronopifolia R.Br., G. corynocarpa F.Muell.; G. crenata Carolin & L.W.Sage; G. cusackiana F.Muell., G. cycloptera R.Br., G. debilis A.E.Holland & T.P.Boyle; G. durackiana Carolin; G. effusa A.E.Holland, G. elaiosoma Cowie; G. elongata Labill., G. fascicularis F.Muell. & Tate; G. faucium Carolin; G. filiformis R.Br., G. forrestii F.Muell., G. gibbosa Carolin, G. glandulosa K.Krause, G. glauca F.Muell., G. granitica L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph., G. havilandii Maiden & Betche, G. heatheriana L.W.Sage, G. heppleana (W.Fitzg.) Carolin, G. heterochila F.Muell., G. heteromera F.Muell., G. heterotricha M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett, G. hirsuta F.Muell., G. hispida R.Br., G. holtzeana (Specht) Carolin, G. integerrima Carolin, G. inundata L.W.Sage & J.P.Pigott, G. iyouta Carolin, G. janamba Carolin, G. jaurdiensis L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph., G. krauseana Carolin, G. larapinta Tate, G. leiosperma Carolin, G. lobata Ising, G. lunata J.M.Black, G. macroplectra (F.Muell.) Carolin, G. maideniana W.Fitzg., G. malvina Carolin, G. maretensis R.L.Barrett, G. megasepala Carolin, G. micrantha Hemsl. ex Carolin, G. microptera F.Muell., G. mimuloides S.Moore, G. muelleriana Carolin, G. neglecta (Carolin) Carolin, G. nigrescens Carolin, G. nuda E.Prtiz., G. occidentalis Carolin, G. ochracea Carolin, G. odonnellii F.Muell., G. pallida Carolin, G. pascua Carolin, G. pedicellata L.W.Sage & K.W.Dixon, G. pilosa (R.Br.) Carolin, G. pilosa (R.Br.) Carolin subsp. pilosa, G. pilosa subsp. chinensis (Benth.) D.G.Howarth & D.Y.Hong, G. pinnatifida Schltdl., G. porphyrea (Carolin) Carolin, G. potamica Carolin, G. pritzelii Domin, G. prostrata Carolin, G. psammophila L.W.Sage & M.D.Barrett, G. psammophila subsp. hiddinsiana L.W.Sage & M.D.Barrett, G. psammophila L.W.Sage & M.D.Barrett subsp. psammophila, G. pulchella Benth., G. purpurea (F.Muell.) Carolin, G. pusilla (de Vriese) de Vriese, G. pusilliflora F.Muell., G. quadrifida (Carolin) Carolin, G. quasilibera Carolin, G. redacta Carolin, G. salina L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph., G. salmoniana (F.Muell.) Carolin, G. sepalosa F.Muell. ex Benth., G. sepalosa var. glandulosa Carolin, G. sepalosa F.Muell. ex Benth. var. sepalosa, G. stellata Carolin, G. strangfordii F.Muell., G. subauriculata C.T.White, G. symonii (Carolin) Carolin, G. tenuiloba F.Muell., G. triodiophila Carolin, G. turleyae L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph., G. vilmoriniae F.Muell., G. virgata Carolin, G. wilunensis Carolin.