Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(18): 33 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In deserto juxta rivum Cooper's Creek. Wheeler."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 91 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola depauperata R.Br. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 495 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "VICTORIA OR QUEENSLAND: Cooper's Creek (MEL). The protologue states 'In deserto juxta Cooper's Creek, Wheeler`. The only specimen that I have found corresponding to Mueller's description and even partly corresponding to his label citation is the one here assumed to be the holotype."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 142 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola depauperata R.Br. legitimate

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