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Goodenia family
Goodeniaceae
クサトベラ科
A family including Scaevola. About 12 genera and 430 species are known, with the diversity center in Australia. In Japan, Scaevola taccada grows on coastal sandy areas near coral reefs. Characterized by a cup-shaped pollen-presenting device called an indusium.
Key Characteristics
- ●Corolla sympetalous, zygomorphic, 5-lobed (spreading in a fan shape)
- ●Stigma with a cup-shaped indusium (pollen-presenting device)
- ●Leaves simple and alternate
- ●Often grows in coastal and arid environments
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate / Opposite / Whorled
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate / Dentate / Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Zygomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free / Fused
Ovary position
Superior / Inferior / Half-inferior
Stamen count
3-4
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Asterales > Goodeniaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene to Neogene (diversified mainly in Australia)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Evolution of the indusium (pollen-presenting device)
- ・Explosive diversification in Australia
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