Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 578 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 67 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Goodenia rigida Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodenia teretifolia de Vriese nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Goodenia barilletii F.Muell. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera de Vriese legitimate misapplication: Goodenia pterigosperma R.Br. legitimate by Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 69, 71, Fig. 14G–M

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 89 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 157 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 39 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 630, Fig. 232 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea 3(4): 540 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Princess Royal Harbour, King Georges Sound, R.Brown, Dec. 1802 (BM). ISOLECTOTYPES: K,MEL,P."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 186, Figs. 25I, 72, Map 225 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Goodenia rigida Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera var. pauciflora de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodenia teretifolia de Vriese nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Goodenia barilletii F.Muell. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 628 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Goodenia coerulea Carolin orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Goodenia rigida Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera de Vriese var. tenera legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera var. pauciflora de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola tenera de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodenia teretifolia de Vriese nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Goodenia barilletii F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Goodenia pterigosperma R.Br. legitimate by Peacock, W.J. (1963), Chromosome numbers and cytoevolution in the Goodeniaceae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88: 13

• APC Dist.: WA

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