Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. The Victorian Naturalist 9(4): 58 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Yule-, Fortescue-, and Sherlock-Rivers; Hon. Sir John Forrest."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Neue Litteratur: Descriptions of New Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. [Continued]. Botanisches Centralblatt 52(1): 46 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 158 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Goodenia lasiophylla K.Krause legitimate

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea 3(4): 556 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Part of the specimen 'Yule-Fortescue and Sherlock Rivers, Hon. Sir John Forrest' (MEL). ISOLECTOTYPE: ?K."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 262, map 345 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Goodenia forestii F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Goodenia lasiophylla K.Krause legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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