Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila obovata L.S.Sm. , legitimate, scientific
Smith, L.S. (1956), New species of and notes on Queensland plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67: 33 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "NORTHERN TERRITORY.– Manners Creek Station, A.L. Rose 374 (Aug. 1953–fl & fr. – TYPE)"
Smith, L.S. (1975), The Genus Eremophila (Myoporaceae) in Queensland with notes on the Genus Myoporum. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 19: 18-19 [secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. (19 December 1977), Notes on Eremophila R.Br. (Myoporaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(2): 124 [secondary reference]
Henderson, R.J.F. (6 June 1978), Eremophila linsmithii, a new species of Myoporaceae from Queensland. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(3): 123 [secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myoporaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 345 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 153 [secondary reference]
Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1342 [secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 528-529 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
  • Etymology: "Latin obovata, inverted ovate; referring to the leaf shape."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 193 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "obovata (inversely egg shaped), refers to the leaf shape."