Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 403 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae occidentalis. Herb. Preiss. No. 1469."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 119 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Scaevola prostrata de Vriese legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 87, 143 [secondary reference]

Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 197-198 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dampiera prostrata de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola prostrata de Vriese legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 287 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 156 [secondary reference]

Rajput, M.T.M. & Carolin, R.C. (26 May 1988), The genus Dampiera (Goodeniaceae): systematic arrangement, nomenclatural notes and new taxa. Telopea 3(2): 203 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "In regionibus interioribus Aust. Occ. Preiss 1469 (LD 0494). ISOLECTOTYPES: L 90962 ... 293, pro parte, MEL 516677."

Rajput, M.T.M. & Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Dampiera. Flora of Australia 35: 55, figs 13, 18L, map 56 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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