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.D.M.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 15 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 48 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 85 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 101 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 282 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 827, Fig. 1143 [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: 369 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 108, Fig. 57 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 398-399 [secondary reference]

Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 105 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (11 September 1967), The Genus Velleia Sm. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(1): 44-46, Fig. 9 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Cow Pasture Plains, 1803 Oct., R. Brown (BM): Isotypes – (K. NSW 78419. BRI 058738)."

taxonomic synonym: Velleia paradoxa var. stenoptera Benth. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 347, Fig. 352. [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 639 [secondary reference]

common name: Spur Velleia [n/a]

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

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

• Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Goodeniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 482, Fig. 67A [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 314 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Velleia. Flora of Australia 35: 291-292, Fig. 74, Map 391 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Velleia paradoxa var. humilis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Velleia paradoxa var. stenoptera Benth. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 455 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Goodeniaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 615, Fig. 119d [secondary reference]

common name: Spur Velleia [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Velleya paradoxa Roem. & Schult. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Velleia paradoxa R.Br. var. paradoxa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Velleia paradoxa var. humilis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Velleia paradoxa var. stenoptera Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Velleia glabrata Carolin legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Velleia arguta R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 50 [secondary reference]

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: 91 [secondary reference]

• Type: " New South Wales. Cow pasture plains, Oct. 1803, R.Brown s.n. [Bennett no. 2547] (BM 001041380 (two right-hand specimens only) [image!]; isolectotypes: BM 001041381 [image!], CANB 279053!, K 000215386 [image!],; probable isolectotypes: BM 001041379 (two left-hand specimens only) [image!], BRI AQ225859) [image!], MEL 9866 (left-hand specimens marked ‘A’ on sheet) [image!], NSW 78419 [image!], P 00698803 [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: 91 [basionym]

basionym of: Goodenia paradoxa (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Velleia arguta R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241

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 paradoxa (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia paradoxa (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Goodenia glabrata (Carolin) K.A.Sheph. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Goodenia arguta (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 561, Fig. 241

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