Rozefelds, Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) in Tasmania 
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long, with appressed hairs outside, narrowly elliptical to oblong, 5-6 mm long, blue or 
white, throat white or yellow, sparsely pubescent inside. Stamens 5, anther oblong, 
glabrous, c. 1 mm long. Ovary glabrous, c. 1.5 mm long, 1-locular, single ovule, style 
3-5 mm long, indusium c. 2 mm wide, glabrous on the back or with a few scattered 
hairs and short white bristles occur around the triangular orifice. Fruits ellipsoid, 
glabrous with rugose mesocarp, 2.5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide. 
Selected specimens examined: Tasmania: Fumeaux Group: Lime Pit Road, N. of Lady Barron, 
Flinders Island, 40°11S 148°15'E, Rozefelds 736 and S. Harris, 11 Dec 1997 (H0324559); and L. Gilfedder s.n. 
(HO); Blue Rocks District, Flinders Island, /.S. Whinray 2128, 10 Nov 1970 (MEL576015); Flinders 
Island (MEL1520889); Tasmania (no specific locality) (H053395); Inland from Hazard Bay, near 
Ternma, upper slopes and crest of stabilised sand dune, very low open heath with ground covered 
by short Poa rodwayi, 41°15’S 144°42’ E altitude 20m, R. Schahinger s.n., 22 Nov 2000 (HO510838) 
and R. Schahinger s.n., 10 Jan 2001 (HO510839). Victoria: Point Lonsdale, K. Cowle (MEL579650); 
Wannon, Cape Nelson, c. 700m E of the lighthouse, 38°25'14"S 141°33'15'E, D.E. Albrecht 5177, 
3 Dec 1992 (MEL2017295). 
Remarks: The material of S. albida collected from Tasmania, with its small leaves 
which are less 20 mm long and white to light blue flowers is probably referable to var. 
pallida (R.Br.) Carolin. Cooke and Carolin (1986) recorded that the back of the style was 
glabrous in var. pallida, although in the Tasmanian collections it is glabrous or has a 
few scattered hairs (Fig. 2C). In mainland Australia the species is heteromorphic and 
Jeanes (1999) considered that as intermediates between the type variety and var. pallida 
occurred there was little point in recognising varieties. Carolin (1992b) recorded the 
species from Tasmania, but no additional collections were found in NSW (J. Everett 
pers. comm. 2001). 
Distribution and Ecology: Scaevola albida was collected from heath communities, and 
is known from two localities on Flinders Island (Furneaux Group), of which at least 
one is on Quaternary sediments, and it was recently found near Ternma on calcareous 
sands on the West Coast of Tasmania (Fig. 3A). The Ternma population consists of over 
200 plants (R. Schahinger pers. comm., 9 Feb 2001). It also occurs in Victoria, New 
South Wales, Queensland and South Australia (Carolin 1992a). 
Flowering: November-January. 
Conservation: It is currently listed as 'rare' in the Tasmanian Threatened Species 
Protection Act (1995). As the species is currently known from only three localities, a 
higher conservation status, such as, 'endangered' is appropriate. Further fieldwork in 
the Fumeaux Group and the West Coast of Tasmania is needed to ascertain the 
distribution and hence the rarity of this species. 
Conclusions 
Three Scaevola species are recorded from Tasmania. Scaevola hookeri is common, while 
both S. albida and S. aemula are poorly represented in herbarium collections and are 
considered to be threatened in the State. Scaevola calendulacea has not been verifiably 
recorded from the State, although as it occurs along the coast in Victoria it could be 
expected to be found on some of the Bass Strait Islands. In Victoria, it is recoided from 
coastal sand dunes and can be distinguished from other Tasmanian species by its 
fleshy fruits and more or less entire, thick-textured leaves (Jeanes 1999). Extensive 
collecting from the Bass Strait Islands, by Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife staff, however, 
has not yielded any collections. As there are no collections of this species known from 
Tasmania (Buchanan 1999), it is appropriate to delete this species from the list of rare 
species in the Threatened Species Protection Act (1995) for the State. 
