Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Goodenia Sm. (1793)
Synonymy:
  • = Selliera Cav. (1799)
 Description

Fls axillary; lobes of corolla ± equal, spreading; margins ± inflexed, sts winged. Anthers free; stigma exceeded by pollen-cup; ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules ∞.Fr. fleshy, indehiscent; seeds ∞.Glab. us. creeping and rooting herbs with entire alt. lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Selliera Cav.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Goodenia Sm.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total2
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Shepherd, K.A.; Lepschi, B.J.; Johnson, E.A.; Gardner, A.G.; Sessa, E.B.; Jabaily, R.S. 2020: The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification. PhytoKeys 152: 27–104.