Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von (December 1847), Sudaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Sudaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 20: 601 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In sandigem Boden bei Bethanien und andern orten." [Behr].

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Goodenia geniculata var. primulacea (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate

Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 53 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 553-554, Fig. 240 B-C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Goodenia geniculata var. primulacea (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 819, Fig. 1139, B-C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Goodenia geniculata var. primulacea (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate

• Etymology: "The specific name was given because the plant was known to the early colonists as 'Native Primrose'."

Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1393 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Goodenia blackiana Carolin legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 819, Fig. 1139, B-C

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 224 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia geniculata R.Br. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 233 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Goodenia blackiana Carolin legitimate by Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 53

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Goodenia blackiana Carolin legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 819, Fig. 1139, B-C

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

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia geniculata R.Br. legitimate

Heuchert, B., Braun, U., Tkach, N., Marx, D. & Röser, M. (2017), Biography of D. F. L. von Schlechtendal and type material of his new taxa preserved in the herbarium of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (HAL) and other botanical collections. Schlechtendalia 31: 70 [secondary reference]

• Type: "In sandigem Boden bei Bethanien und anderen Orten... HAL0018291 [ST]: Behr, H.H. s.n., 1844–1845, Australia, Süd-Australien, in sandigen Boden bei Bethanien und anderen Orten... K000215603."

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