Goodenia Sm. subg. Goodenia sect. Goodenia

= Selliera Cav., Anales Hist. Nat. 1(1): 41, t. 5, fig. 2. 1799 ≡ Goodenia sect. Selliera (Cav.) G.Don, Gen. hist. 3: 725. 1834 - Type: S. radicans Cav. ≡ Goodenia radicans (Cav.) Pers.

≡ Goodenia sect. Ochrosanthus G.Don, Gen. hist. 3: 724. 1834 - Type (designated by Carolin in George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 330. 1992): G. ovata Sm.

= Picrophyta F.Muell., Linnaea 25: 421. 1853 - Type: P. albiflora (Schltdl.) F.Muell. ≡ Goodenia albiflora Schltdl.

= Goodenia sect. Eugoodenia Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 51, 57. 1868, nom. inval.

≡ Goodenia sect. Goodenia ser. Bracteolatae Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 52, 59. 1868 ≡ Goodenia sect. Goodenia subsect. Bracteolatae (Benth.) K.Krause in H.G.A. Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr. 54(277): 46. 1912 - Type (designated by Carolin in George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 331. 1992): G. ovata Sm.

= Goodenoughia F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. pl. 88. 1882, nom. inval., pro syn.

≡ Goodenoughia Siebert & Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn . ed 3. 1(1): 559. 1894, nom. illeg., nom. superfl. - Type: Goodenoughia ovata (Sm.) Siebert & Voss ≡ Goodenia ovata Sm.

= Goodenia ser. Suffruticosae K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr. 54: 46, 59. 1912 - Type: G. ovata Sm.

Description.

Shrubs, subshrubs or herbs, glabrous or viscid with glandular and simple hairs. Leaves usually cauline. Flowers in leafy thyrses, racemes, spikes, or solitary in leaf axils; pedicel sometimes articulate. Corolla bilabiate or fan-like.

Number of taxa and distribution.

This section contains 23 species, most of which are Australian, while G. heenanii and G. radicans are present in New Zealand with the latter species also found in South America. The only other extra Australian species is G. koningsbergeri, which occurs in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Included species.

G. albiflora Schltdl., G. amplexans F.Muell., G. benthamiana Carolin, G. brunnea Carolin, G. calcarata (F.Muell.) F.Muell., G. chambersii F.Muell., G. collaris (F.Muell.) K.A.Sheph., G. exigua F.Muell., G. grandiflora Sims, G. heenanii K.A.Sheph., G. kingiana Carolin, G. koningsbergeri (Back.) Back. ex Bold., G. laevis Benth., G. laevis subsp. humifusa L.W.Sage, G. laevis Benth. subsp. laevis, G. macmillanii F.Muell., G. ovata Sm., G. phillipsiae Carolin, G. radicans (Cav.) Pers., G. saccata Carolin, G. stirlingii F.M.Bailey, G. valdentata P.J.Lang, G. varia R.Br., G. vernicosa J.M.Black, G. viscida R.Br.