Don, G. (1834), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 3: 725 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Goodenia quadrilocularis R.Br.

• Etymology: "...(from τετρας, tetras, four-fold ; and θυλαξ, thylax, a cell: capsule 4-celled)."

Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 164 [basionym]

basionym of: Tetrathylax (G.Don) de Vriese legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 191 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Goodenia sect. Tetraphylax DC. orth. var.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. sect. Goodenia legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Goodenia sect. Tetraphylax DC. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. 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: 83-84 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tetraphylax de Vriese orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Tetrathylax (G.Don) de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodenia ser. Racemosae Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia Sm. legitimate

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