Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 586 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Vriese, W.H. de (1850), Analecta Goodenoviearum, ad auctoritatem Herbariorum Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, Lessertii, Hookeri, Lindleji, Preissii, aliorum. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2: 167 [basionym]

basionym of: Merkusia paludosa (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 102 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia paludosa (R.Br.) 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 paludosa (R.Br.) Kuntze nom. illeg.

Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1965), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 3: 443 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 160 [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: 639-640, Fig. 239 [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): 504 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Bay I, South Coast, R.Brown, 12 Jan. 1802 (BM). A specimen at K is dated 11 Jan. and is thus probably not strictly an isolectotype." More than one collection relates to the protologue.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 121-122, Map 149 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia paludosa (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia paludosa (R.Br.) Kuntze nom. illeg.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 118 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola repens de Vriese legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 102

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola repens de Vriese legitimate by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1965), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 3: 443

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

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia paludosa (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Scaevola paludosa R.Br. var. paludosa legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia paludosa (R.Br.) Kuntze nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 110 [secondary reference]

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