Mueller, F.J.H. von (1892), Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. The Victorian Naturalist 9(8): 127 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near the Gascoyne-River; Lady Margaret Forrest."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1893), Neue Litteratur: Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations. Botanisches Centralblatt 53: 124 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (11 September 1967), The Genus Velleia Sm. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(1): 56 [secondary reference]

• Text: "A Goodenia species."

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea 3(4): 550 [secondary reference]

• Type: HOLOTYPE: WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Gascoyne River, Mrs Forrest, 1889 (MEL 9812).

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea 3(4): 550 [basionym]

basionym of: Goodenia salmoniana (F.Muell.) Carolin legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 248 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia salmoniana (F.Muell.) Carolin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Velleya salmoniana F.Muell. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia salmoniana (F.Muell.) Carolin legitimate

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