Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Summits of Mounts Herbert, Broome, and Rason; Packhorse and Isdell Ranges; Sunday Island (W.V.F.)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 160 [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): 497 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: King Leopold Range, Fitzgerald 788, May 1905 (NSW)." More than one collection relates to the protologue.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 111 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola macrostachya (de Vriese) Benth. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 903 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola macrostachya (de Vriese) Benth. legitimate

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