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Scaevola collaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. collaris
Binomial name
Scaevola collaris
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [3]

Lobelia collaris Kuntze
Scaevola decurrens W.Fitzg.

Scaevola collaris is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae [1] and its native range is five mainland states/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia. [4]

It is an endangered species in New South Wales. [5]

Description

Scaevola collaris is an erect shrub, growing to 0.5 m. [4] [6] [7] The stems are erect and smooth. [4] [6] The leaves are sessile (i.e., have no stalk), succulent and smooth, and 1–8.5 cm long by 1–9 mm wide. [4] [6] The flowers occur in terminal spikes or are solitary or clustered in the axils. [4] [6]

The sepals are ovate to triangular, smooth and almost free. [4] [6] The corolla is 6-17mm long, smooth on the outside with short hairs on the inside, and yellow to cream or mauve. [4] [6] The anthers are free. [7] The ovary is inferior [7] and from 5–20 mm long, is two-celled and usually has a beak and a foot. [6]

It flowers mostly from May to November. [4]

Distribution

It is found on saline soils in the arid parts of the south of Western Australia, the south of the Northern Territory, South Australia, western Queensland and north-western New South Wales. [4]

Naming

It was first described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller, [1] [2] and the specific epithet, collaris, comes from the Latin, collaris (having a collar). [8] It was transferred to the genus, Goodenia, in 2020 by Kelly Anne Shepherd and others. [9] Goodenia collaris is the name accepted by the WA herbarium. [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Scaevola collaris". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859) Report on the Plants Collected During Mr. Babbage's Expedition into the North West Interior of South Australia in 1858: 15. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Scaevola collaris F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Flora of Australia: Scaevola collaris. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Scaevola collaris, PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Fact sheet for Scaevola collaris". www.flora.sa.gov.au. EFloraSA: Electronic Flora of South Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Scaevola collaris, FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  8. ^ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (1st pbk., 4th ed.). Portland, Oregon. Timber Press. p. 387. ISBN  9780715316436.
  9. ^ Kelly Anne Shepherd; Brendan J Lepschi; Eden A Johnson; Andrew G Gardner; Emily B Sessa; Rachel S Jabaily (7 July 2020). "The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification". PhytoKeys. 152: 87–88. doi: 10.3897/PHYTOKEYS.152.49604. ISSN  1314-2003. PMC  7360637. PMID  32733134. Wikidata  Q98177294.
  10. ^ "Goodenia collaris". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.