Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Fabales Bromhead
Family
Leguminosae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Goodia Salisb., Parad. Lond. t. XLI (1806)
 Description

Shrubs, not armed. Lvs pinnately 3-foliolate, petiolate; lateral veins thin and ± straight to leaflet margin; stipules free, membranous, caducous. Infl. terminal, racemose; bracts and bracteoles membranous, early caducous. Calyx campanulate; 2 upper teeth connate into a 2-toothed lip; 3 lower teeth free, narrow. Corolla yellow. Stamens connate into a tube split above; anthers uniform, dorsifixed, versatile. Style incurved, glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, ± straight and flattened, dehiscent, few- to many-seeded; sutures thickened; seeds strophiolate.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Goodia Salisb.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Salisbury, R.A. 1805-1808: Paradisus Londinensis: or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the vicinity of the Metropolis. London.