Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 406 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In littore arenoso ad Baldhead (in Royal Georg. III.) d. 16 m. Oct. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1491."

Vriese, W.H. de (1850), Analecta Goodenoviearum, ad auctoritatem Herbariorum Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, Lessertii, Hookeri, Lindleji, Preissii, aliorum. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2: 152 [basionym]

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

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 93 [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): 496 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: In littore arenoso ad Baldhead, Preiss 1491, 16 Oct. 1840 (LD 0468). ISOLECTOTYPE: L 909,62...561." One collection relates to the protologue.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 104 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola nitida R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola nitida R.Br. legitimate

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