Linnaeus, C. (October 1771), Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2]: 145 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 582 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 83 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes Lindl. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Camphusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Temminckia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Molkenboeria de Vriese legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Camphusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Temminckia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Molkenboeria de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Verreauxia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 205, 206-207 [secondary reference]

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

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 35-36 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 562-563 [secondary reference]

common name: Fan-Flower [n/a]

• Etymology: "A Roman family name, meaning "left-handed," from scaevus, left: alluding to the one-sided fan-shaped corolla."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 829 [secondary reference]

common name: Fan-flower [n/a]

• Etymology: "A Roman family name, meaning "left-handed," from scaevus, left: alluding to the one-sided fan-shaped corolla."

Leenhouts, P.W. (March 1957), Goodeniaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(3): 339-344 [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: 367 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 403 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 43 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 1106 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Goodeniaceae, Brunoniaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 359 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 989, 990, 991 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 133 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Goodeniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 488 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 634-635 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 276 [secondary reference]

• Type: Scaevola lobelia Murray, nom. illeg., typ. cons.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 294 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nigromnia Carolin legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 84-85 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Roemeria Dennst. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Pogonanthera G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Crossotoma G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes Lindl. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pogonanthera (G.Don) Spach nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Xerocarpa (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Camphusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Temminckia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Molkenboeria de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nigromnia Carolin legitimate common name: Fan-flowers [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI (presumed extinct), Vic, Tas

Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 466-467 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 900 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Goodeniaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 391 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Goodeniaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 608-609 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 631 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 224 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 774 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diaspasis R.Br. legitimate

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: 75 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diaspasis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Roemeria Dennst. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Xerocarpa G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Pogonanthera G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Crossotoma G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes Lindl. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Xerocarpa (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonanthera (G.Don) Spach nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Temminckia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Camphusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Molkenboeria de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nigromnia Carolin legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Roemeria Dennst. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Crossotoma G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Pogonanthera G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes Lindl. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pogonanthera (G.Don) Spach nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Xerocarpa (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola sect. Pogonandra DC. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Camphusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Merkusia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Temminckia de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Molkenboeria de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pogonetes F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Kamphusia F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Nigromnia Carolin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI (presumed extinct), Vic, Tas

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