Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 581 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 49-50 [secondary reference]

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

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

Carolin, R.C. (11 September 1967), The Genus Velleia Sm. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(1): 52-53, Fig. 9 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "Syntypes: Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown no. 87 et Shoalwater Bay, Thirsty Sound, Broad Sound, R. Brown, same number (BM): Isotypes [sic; isosyntypes] (P. MEL 9796)."

• Text: "...At BM two gatherings are mounted on the same sheet in such a manner that it is impossible to decide which label applies to which specimen. Fortunately there seems little doubt that they are conspecific."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Velleia. Flora of Australia 35: 295, Map 396 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Shoalwater Bay, and Thirsty Sound, [Qld], R. Brown 87; lecto: BM, fide R.C.Carolin, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 92: 53 (1963) [sic; 1967]; isolecto: MEL, P."

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: 93 [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: 93 [replaced synonym]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Velleya pubescens Roem. & Schult. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld

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 subsolana K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia subsolana K.A.Sheph. legitimate

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