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

• Type: "In solo limoso planitiei ad fluvium Vasse-River, Sussex, d. 7. m. Dec. 1839. Herb. Preiss No. 1472."

Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 69 [basionym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia longifolia (de Vriese) de Vriese legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 88 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 378 [basionym]

basionym of: Lobelia longifolia (de Vriese) Kuntze nom. illeg.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 159 [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): 501 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: (LD 1839). ISOLECTOTYPES: L 903,311– ...398, L 903,–311...394, MEL,P,W."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 114 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola lanceolata Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola lanceolata Benth. legitimate

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