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Common name:                                         

Etymology of scientific name:   

• The genus Goodenia was first described by J.E. Smith in 1794 who named it after Rev. Samuel Goodenough, 1743-1827, Bishop of Carlisle and 1st treasurer of the Linnaean Society

• Goodenough, himself a botanist, wrote of seaweeds and sedges

Flowers:                  

• Flowers have a single plane of symmetry (monosymmetric; Brunonia being the sole exception), and are either fan-like (e.g., Scaevola) or bilabiate (as in Dampiera)

• Corolla lobes often have two thin marginal wings, which also occur in other families of Asterales such as the Menyanthaceae and Argophyllaceae

• The style bears a pollen-cup, also known as an indusium, at the tip, a unique character for the family

• The indusium has a function in secondary pollen presentation, a phenomenon also occurring in the related families Asteraceae and Campanulaceae

• The ovary is inferior 

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a drupe, a nut or a capsule

• The seeds from capsular fruits usually have a mucilaginous wing

Leaves:         

• Generally with spiral leaves

Habit:        

• Generally herbaceous with spiral leaves

Habitat:                     

•  Distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus Scaevola, which is pantropical

• Its species are found across most of Australia, being especially common in arid and semi-arid climates

Distribution:      

• Mostly in Australia, except for the genus Scaevola, which is pantropical

• Species are found across most of Australia, being especially common in arid and semi-arid climates

Species:                     

• World:            404 S,    12 G

• Australia:      S,    G

Additional notes:        

• Genera

  1. Anthotium

  2. Brunonia

  3. Coopernookia

  4. Dampiera

  5. Diaspasis

  6. Goodenia

  7. Lechenaultia

  8. Pentaptilon

  9. Scaevola

  10. Selliera

  11. Velleia

  12. Erreauxia 

EXAMPLES:

Goodenia ??

Scaevola