Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 580 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Goodenovieae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 518 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Velleia dichotoma DC. nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Velleia spathulata R.Br. legitimate by Jussieu, A.L. de & Rich, L.C.M. (1811), Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 17, t.4

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 49 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Velleia spathulata R.Br. legitimate by Jussieu, A.L. de & Rich, L.C.M. (1811), Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 17, t.4

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 89 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 207 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 43 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 368 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (11 September 1967), The Genus Velleia Sm. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(1): 48-49, Fig. 11 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "South Head of Port Jackson, R. Brown 1803 (BM) — Isotype (P)."

misapplication: Velleia spathulata R.Br. legitimate by Jussieu, A.L. de & Rich, L.C.M. (1811), Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 17, t.4

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 134 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Velleia. Flora of Australia 35: 294, Map 393 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 456, pl.21 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Velleia sp. 1 [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Velleya lyrata Roem. & Schult. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Velleia dichotoma DC. nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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: 87 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia. New South Wales. South Head of Port Jackson, 1803, R.Brown s.n. ([Bennett no. 2549] (BM 001041389 [image!]); isolectotypes: BM 001041387 [image!], BM 001041388 [image!], BM 001041390 [image!], CANB 279052!, G-DC 00322630 [image!], K 000215413 [image!]; K 00215414 [image!], K 0215415 [image!], MEL 9713 [image!], P 00698809 [image!], P 00698810 [image!])."

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: 87 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Goodenia caroliniana K.A.Sheph. legitimate

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia caroliniana K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia caroliniana K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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