Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 176-178, Figs 42, 91, Map 61 [tax. nov.]

• Type: 70 km W of Balladonia, Western Australia, 12.x.1979, R.J. Chinnock 4992 (holotype: AD; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL, MO, PERTH, US).

• Etymology: "Latin ternata, in threes; referring to the whorled leaves."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diocirea ternata Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

Fowler, R.M., Murphy, D.J., McLay, T.G.B., Buirchell, B.J., Chinnock, R.J. & Bayly, M.J. (28 April 2021), Molecular phylogeny of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) using nuclear ribosomal DNA: Generic relationships and evidence for major clades. Taxon 70(3): 583 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Holotype: Australia. Western Australia: 70 km W of Balladonia, 12 Oct 1979, R.J.Chinnock 4992 (AD barcode AD97951026; isotypes: CANB barcode CANB 819925,K barcode K000961610, MEL barcode MEL 2373194, MO barcode MO-3158998 [No. 6913127], PERTH barcode PERTH 8204187, US barcode 01050363)."

Fowler, R.M., Murphy, D.J., McLay, T.G.B., Buirchell, B.J., Chinnock, R.J. & Bayly, M.J. (28 April 2021), Molecular phylogeny of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) using nuclear ribosomal DNA: Generic relationships and evidence for major clades. Taxon 70(3): 583 [basionym]

basionym of: Eremophila ternata (Chinnock) R.Fowler legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eremophila ternata (Chinnock) R.Fowler legitimate

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