Bentham, G. (June 1868), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11(2): 20 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Catospermum muelleri Benth., nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 83 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 87 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 283 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 562 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek kato, downwards; sperma, seed: alluding to the pendulous seeds."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 828 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek kato, downwards; sperma, seed: alluding to the pendulous seeds."

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Goodeniaceae, Brunoniaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 358 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 147 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Catosperma Benth. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. legitimate

Shepherd, K.A., Lepschi, B.J., Johnson, E.A., Gardner, A.G., Sessa, E.B. & Jabaily, R.S. (7 July 2020), The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification. Phytokeys 152: 77 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia sect. Rosulatae (K.Krause) K.A.Sheph. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. legitimate

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