''Velleia'' is a historically recognised genus of about 30 species of herbs in the family

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. The genus was first described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in ''

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''. The genus was named after

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considers ''Velleia'' to be a

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of ''

Goodenia ''Goodenia'' is a genus of about two hundred species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae. Plants in this genus are herbs or shrubs, mostly endemic to Australia. The leaves are variably-shaped, the flowers arranged in small groups, with ...

''. As of March 2024, all the species in the list below are now considered to be included in ''Goodenia''.

Species

Species of ''Velleia'' included: *'' Velleia arguta'' R.Br. (now known as '' Goodenia arguta'') *''

Velleia connata ''Goodenia connata'', commonly known as cup velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is found in all mainland states and territories of Australia. It is a glabrous annual herb with a rosette of leaves at the ba ...

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(now known as ''

Goodenia connata ''Goodenia connata'', commonly known as cup velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is found in all mainland states and territories of Australia. It is a glabrous annual herb with a rosette of leaves at the ba ...

'') *''

Velleia cusackiana ''Goodenia cusackiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It an erect herb, densely covered with silvery hairs and has a woody stem, narrow elliptic to lance-shaped l ...

'' F.Muell. (now known as '' Goodenia cusackiana'') *''

Velleia cycnopotamica ''Goodenia cycnopotamica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Goodeniaceae family and is endemic to Australia, found in both South Australia and Western Australia. It is an annual herb with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and pink or lilac to ...

(now known as ''

Goodenia cycnopotamica ''Goodenia cycnopotamica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Goodeniaceae family and is endemic to Australia, found in both South Australia and Western Australia. It is an annual herb with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and pink or lilac to ...

'') *'' Velleia daviesii''

(now known as ''

Goodenia daviesii ''Goodenia daviesii'', commonly known as hairy velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the Goodeniaceae family and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is an annual herb with lyre-shaped, pinnatifid leaves and lilac to white f ...

'') *'' Velleia dichotoma''

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(now known as '' Goodenia caroliniana'') *'' Velleia discophora''

(now known as '' Goodenia discophora'') *'' Velleia exigua'' (

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(now known as '' Goodenia exigua'') *'' Velleia foliosa'' (

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) K.Krause (now known as ''

Goodenia brendannarum ''Goodenia brendannarum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with woody stems, crowded, narrowly egg-shaped leaves with toot ...

'') *''

Velleia glabrata ''Goodenia glabrata'', commonly known as pee the bed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to mainland Australia. It is a mostly glabrous annual herb with ascending flowering stems, oblong to lance-shaped l ...

(now known as ''

Goodenia glabrata ''Goodenia glabrata'', commonly known as pee the bed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to mainland Australia. It is a mostly glabrous annual herb with ascending flowering stems, oblong to lance-shaped l ...

'') *''

Velleia helmsii ''Goodenia connata'', commonly known as cup velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is found in all mainland states and territories of Australia. It is a wikt:glabrous, glabrous Annual plant, annual Herbaceous pl ...

'' K.Krause (now known as ''

'') *'' Velleia hispida'' W.Fitzg. (now known as ''

Goodenia capillosa ''Goodenia capillosa'', commonly known as hispid velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to inland areas of Western Australia and South Australia. It is an annual herb with covered with soft hairs, and ha ...

'') *''

Velleia lanceolata ''Velleia'' is a historically recognised genus of about 30 species of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae. The genus was first described in 1798 by James Edward Smith (botanist), James Edward Smith in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ...

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(now known as '' Goodenia filiformis'') *'' Velleia lyrata'' R.Br. (now known as '' Goodenia caroliniana'') *'' Velleia macrocalyx'' (

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) C.Chr. & Ostenf. (now known as ''

Goodenia macrocalyx ''Goodenia macrocalyx'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a glabrous, perennial herb with elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, yellow flowers an ...

'') *'' Velleia macrophylla'' (

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(now known as ''

Goodenia macrophylla ''Goodenia macrophylla'', or large-leaved velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous perennial plant with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed ...

'') *''

Velleia macroplectra ''Goodenia macroplectra'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It an erect herb with toothed, lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and racemes of dark yellow flowers with ...

'' F.Muell. (now known as '' Goodenia macroplectra'') *'' Velleia montana''

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(now known as '' Goodenia montana'') *'' Velleia panduriformis''

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Goodenia panduriformis ''Goodenia panduriformis'', commonly known as Pindan poison, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is a glaucous herb with erect flower stems, glabrous, toothed, egg-shaped leaves ...

'') *'' Velleia paradoxa'' R.Br. (now known as ''

Goodenia paradoxa ''Goodenia paradoxa'', commonly known as spur velleia or spur goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is endemic to Australia. It is a perennial herb covered with soft hairs, and has egg-shaped to elliptic leaves ...

'') *'' Velleia parvisepta''

(now known as ''

Goodenia parvisepta ''Goodenia parvisepta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a glabrous perennial herb with erect flowering stems, lance-shaped leaves with toothed or lobed edges, and ...

'') *''

Velleia perfoliata ''Goodenia perfoliata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a mostly glabrous, perennial herb with erect flowering stems, lance-shaped leaves with sometimes deeply-to ...

'' R.Br. (now known as ''

Goodenia perfoliata ''Goodenia perfoliata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a mostly glabrous, perennial herb with erect flowering stems, lance-shaped leaves with sometimes deeply-to ...

'') *'' Velleia pilosella'' (

) C.Chr. & Ostenf. (now known as ''

Goodenia trinervis ''Goodenia trinervis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with linear to spoon-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, yellow flowers on an asce ...

'') *'' Velleia prostrata'' W.Fitzg. (now known as ''

'') *'' Velleia pubescens''

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Goodenia subsolana ''Goodenia subsolana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a perennial herb with toothed, lance-shaped leaves, yellow flowers on an ascending to low-lying flower stem, and more or less sp ...

'') *'' Velleia rosea'' S.Moore (now known as ''

Goodenia rosea ''Goodenia rosea'', commonly known as pink velleia, is a species in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a Perennial plant, perennial Herbaceous plant, herb with lance-shaped to toothed or Pinnation# ...

'') *'' Velleia salmoniana'' F.Muell. (now known as '' Goodenia salmoniana'') *'' Velleia spathulata'' R.Br. (now known as ''

Goodenia mystrophylla ''Goodenia mystrophylla'' is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to eastern Australia and New Guinea. It is a small, perennial herb with lance-shaped leaves, prostrate or low-lying flower stems and yellow flowers with purpl ...

'') *'' Velleia trinervis'' Labill. (now known as ''

'')

References

Asterales genera Taxa named by James Edward Smith {{Asterales-stub