Black, J.M. (1927), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 25. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 385 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Collected by Professor Ralph Tate in Feb. 1879 on the "Bunda Plateau," extending from north of Fowler's Bay along the Great Bight towards Eucla."

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 563-564 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 830 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 159 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 492 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Bunda Plateau (north of Fowler's Bay towards Eucla)> R.Tate, Feb. 1879 (AD)." More than one collection relates to the protologue.

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 99-100, Map 111 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA

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