Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849), Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2: 83 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In salt ground, in lat. 26°S. D. Sturt."

Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 74 [basionym]

basionym of: Merkusia depauperata (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 91 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia depauperata (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola patens F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 88, 143 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 378 [basionym]

basionym of: Lobelia depauperata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

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

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 294 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 262 [secondary reference]

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

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 636 [secondary reference]

common name: Skeleton Fan-flower [n/a]

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

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 256 [secondary reference]

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 40 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 142, Map 183 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Merkusia depauperata (R.Br.) de Vriese legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lobelia depauperata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scaevola patens F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 469 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Goodeniaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 609-610, Fig. 118b [secondary reference]

common name: Skeleton Fan-flower [n/a]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 201 (map), 203 [secondary reference]

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