Goodia

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Etymology:   

• The genus name, Goodia honours Peter Good

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are arranged in racemes, each flower with a bract and two bracteoles at the base, but all fall off as the flower opens

• The sepals are joined at the base with two "lips", the upper lip with two broad lobes and the lower lip with three narrow teeth

• The petals are yellow with red, green or purplish markings, the standard petal more or less circular and the wings narrow

Fruit:                         

• The fruit a flattened pod on a long stalk

Leaves:         

• Plants in the genus Goodia are shrubs with trifoliate leaves, the leaves with a petiole with stipules at the base but that soon fall off

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Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Australia

Species:                     

• World:           6

• Australia:     6

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus Goodia was first formally described in 1806 by Richard Anthony Salisbury in The Paradisus Londinensis and the first species he described was Goodia lotifolia

• Species list

  • The following is a list of Goodia species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of September 2021:

    • Goodia lotifolia Salisb. – golden tip, clover tree (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)

    • Goodia macrocarpa I.Thomps. (Qld., N.S.W.)

    • Goodia medicaginea F.Muell. – western golden-tip (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.)

    • Goodia parviflora I.Thomps. (Qld.)

    • Goodia pubescens Sims – golden tip (Vic., Tas.)

    • Goodia stenocarpa I.Thomps. (W.A.)

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodia (2024)