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

= Goodenia ser. Rosulatae K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr. 54: 46, 52. 1912 - Type (designated by Carolin in George (ed.), Fl. Australia 35: 331. 1992): G. geniculata R.Br.

= Catospermum Benth., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 11: t. 1028. 1867 - Type: C. muelleri Benth., nom. illeg. ≡ Goodenia goodeniacea (F.Muell.) Carolin.

Description.

Herbs or occasionally subshrubs, usually with multicellular hairs sometimes becoming glabrescent, or rarely with simple and glandular hairs. Leaves basal and/or cauline. Flowers usually in racemes or solitary in leaf axils; pedicels usually not articulate. Corolla bilabiate.

Number of taxa and distribution.

This section includes 28 species found in every state of Australia across a range of biomes with some species extending into arid central inland regions.

Included species.

G. affinis de Vriese, G. arenicola Carolin, G. atriplexifolia A.E.Holland & T.P. Boyle, G. blackiana Carolin, G. centralis Carolin, G. convexa Carolin, G. delicata Carolin, G. disperma Mueller, G. dyeri K.Krause, G. expansa A.E.Holland & T.P.Boyle, G. fordiana Carolin, G. geniculata R.Br., G. glabra R.Br., G. goodeniacea (F.Muell.) Carolin, G. hederacea Sm., G. hederacea subsp. alpestris (K.Krause) Carolin, G. hederacea Sm. subsp. hederacea, G. heterophylla Sm., G. heterophylla subsp. eglandulosa Carolin, G. heterophylla Sm. subsp. heterophylla, G. heterophylla subsp. montana Carolin, G. heterophylla subsp. teucriifolia (F.Muell.) Carolin, G. lanata R.Br., G. mueckeana F.Muell., G. peacockiana Carolin, G. robusta (Benth.) K.Krause, G. rotundifolia R.Br., G. rupestris Carolin, G. schwerinensis Carolin, G. stephensonii F.Muell., G. tripartita Carolin, G. viridula Carolin, G. willisiana Carolin, G. xanthosperma F.Muell.