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

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 408 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 96 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia revoluta (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 revoluta (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 287 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 262 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 160 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 278 [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): 499 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "NORTHERN TERRITORY: Carpentaria Islands, R.Brown, 20 & 21 Oct. 1802 (BM). ISOLECTOTYPES: K,NSW. There are two collections on the lectotype sheet which are virtually indistinguishable from each other." More than one collection relates to the prototype.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 109 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia revoluta (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia revoluta (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola paniculata Ewart & O.B.Davies nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 108 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola browniana Carolin legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 96

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 106 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scaevola globulifera Labill. legitimate by Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 408

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 903, Fig. 278F [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Scaevola stenostachya W.Fitzg. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Scaevola globulifera Labill. legitimate by Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 408

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