Goodenia subg. Porphyranthus sect. Porphyranthus G.Don

Shepherd, Kelly A., Lepschi, Brendan J., Johnson, Eden A., Gardner, Andrew G., Sessa, Emily B. & Jabaily, Rachel S., 2020, The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification, PhytoKeys 152, pp. 27-104 : 27

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.152.49604
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scientific name	Goodenia subg. Porphyranthus sect. Porphyranthus G.Don
status

Treatment

= Goodenia sect. Amphichila DC., Prodr. 5: 516. 1836 - Type: G. pumilio R.Br.

= Neogoodenia C.A.Gardner & A.S.George, J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 46: 138, fig. 6. 1963 - Type: N. minutiflora C.Gardner & A.S.George ≡ Goodenia neogoodenia Carolin.

Description.

Herbs. Leaves basal, cauline or both. Flowers in thyrses, racemes, or loose panicles, rarely head-like or solitary in axils, bracts often leaf-like in lower parts becoming linear distally; pedicel usually with bracteoles. Corolla bilabiate or rarely fan-like, yellow, mauve to pinkish, or deep red, glabrous inside or with a few hairs. Style simple. Ovary with more than 30 ovules scattered over placentas. Seeds mostly less than 1 mm wide, glossy, with a prominent rim or wing c. 0.1 mm wide or obsolete.

Number of taxa and distribution.

A section of 26 species, mostly in northern and central Australia with G. purpurascens and G. pumilio also present in New Guinea. Many species are confined to seasonally wet habitats.

Included species.

G. berringbinensis Carolin, G. bicolor F.Muell. ex Benth., G. chthonocephala Carolin, G. claytoniacea F.Muell. ex Benth., G. corralina L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph.; G. cravenii R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett, G. cylindrocarpa Albr., G. gloeophylla Carolin, G. gracilis R.Br., G. gypsicola Symon; G. halophila Albr., G. humilis R.Br., G. kakadu Carolin, G. lamprosperma F.Muell., G. lyrata Carolin, G. macbarronii Carolin, G. minutiflora F.Muell., G. modesta J.M.Black, G. neogoodenia Carolin, G. nocoleche Pellow & J.L.Porter, G. oenpelliensis R.L.Barrett, G. paniculata Sm., G. pumilio R.Br., G. purpurascens R.Br., G. rosulata Domin, G. viscidula Carolin.