Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Goodenia heterotricha
Goodeniaceae R.Br.
Goodenia heterotricha M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, M.D. & Barrett, R.L. (29 June 2015), Four new species of Goodeniaceae from Western Australia, including the smallest species in the family, a putative seed-article elaiosome and possible floral mimicry in Lechenaultia. Australian Systematic Botany 27(5,6): 474-475, Fig. 3 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Home Valley Station, Western Australia, [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 30 May 2014, K.R. Thiele KRT 4853 (holo: PERTH 8615233; iso: CANB, DNA, K, MEL, NSW)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from Greek hetero- (different, unequal) and trich- (hairy), referring to the unequal hairs on upper and lower lips of the indusium."
  • Comment: "The vernacular name of ‘Home Valley goodenia’ is recommended."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 3 [secondary reference]