Pee-the-bed,
Smooth Velleia
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Kintore (GVD04) | | Near Threatened |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Near Threatened |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Near Threatened |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Watarru (CER02) | | Near Threatened |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Near Threatened |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Velleia glabrata
Velleia paradoxa, partly
Common names
Pee-the-bed
Smooth Velleia
Etymology
Goodenia named after Samuel Goodenough (1743-1827), an Bishop of Carlisle, an amateur botanist and collector and vice-president of the Royal Society (formally Velleia named after Thomas Velley (1748-1806), an English botanist).
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 4,800 (17.57 g) | 50+ | 17-Sep-2009 | DJD1573 Gairdner-Torrens | 1-Jun-2010 | 90% | -18°C |
BGA | 1,850 (4.22 g) | 50+ | 20-Sep-2014 | DJD3034 North Western | 1-Jan-2016 | 95% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.