Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 583 [secondary reference]

Roxburgh, W. (1824), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 2: 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of the Moluccas ..."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 225 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Lobelia oppositifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze nom. illeg.

Leenhouts, P.W. (March 1957), Goodeniaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(3): 342-344 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Scaevola scandens F.M.Bailey legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 256 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 101 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola enantophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 225

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 305 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 224 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola enantophylla F.Muell. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Scaevola enantophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 225

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola enantophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 225

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