Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(11): 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Murchison. Walcott et Oldfield."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 89 [secondary reference]

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 phlebopetala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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: 640 [secondary reference]

common name: Velvet Fanflower [n/a]

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 493 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Murchison River, Oldfield MEL. ISOLECTOTYPE: K. Two collections of this species, with this labelling, are present in both MEL and K. The collection with the longer sepals and larger flowers is selected as the lectotype since it agrees more with the type description."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 138, Figs 38, 60, Map 177 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia phlebopetala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala f. subaphylla E.Pritz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala f. foliosa E.Pritz. legitimate

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 264 [secondary reference]

common name: Velvet Fanflower [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia phlebopetala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala F.Muell. f. phlebopetala legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala f. typica E.Pritz. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala f. subaphylla E.Pritz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola phlebopetala f. foliosa E.Pritz. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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