Английская Википедия:Goodenia nigrescens

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Goodenia nigrescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect herb with narrow oblong to lance-shaped leaves on the stems and racemes of orange-yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia nigrescens is an erect herb that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and is more or less glaucous. The leaves are mostly scattered along the stems and are narrow oblong to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and usually toothed or lobed, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are lance-shaped to elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long, the petals orange-yellow and about Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to August and the fruit is a compressed oval capsule Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia nigrescens was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from specimens collected in 1960 on Banka Banka Station by George Chippendale.[2][3] The specific epithet (nigrescens) means "becoming black", referring to the tendency of the plant to turn black when dried.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in grey and black soils on the Barkly Tableland, and in Queensland.[1][4]

Conservation status

Goodenia nigrescens is classified as "data deficient" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 but as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4][5]

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