Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 410 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis, m. Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1502."

Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 70 [basionym]

basionym of: Merkusia depressa (de Vriese) de Vriese legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 97 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 503 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(LD 0467). ISOLECTOTYPE: L 909,62...719 (pro parte). The specimen at LD is so poor that an identification is practically impossible. The sheet in L has three pieces mounted on it and two labels, i.e. Preiss 1505 and Preiss 1502, the latter contained in an otherwise empty cellophane packet. It is not possible to determine which specimen belongs to which label. One specimen is S. humifusa and the other is S. longifolia."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 120 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola humifusa de Vriese legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola humifusa de Vriese legitimate

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