Vriese, W.H. de (1850), Analecta Goodenoviearum, ad auctoritatem Herbariorum Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, Lessertii, Hookeri, Lindleji, Preissii, aliorum. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2: 154-155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. N. Caled. Occid. ... Vidi in herb. Hook. duo specim. quibus adscript. erat »N. W. C.' "

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 97 [basionym]

basionym of: Scaevola macrostachya (de Vriese) Benth. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 497 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Various parts of N(orth) W(est) C(oast) (of Australia), Cunningham (K). ISOLECTOTYPE: BM. # It is difficult to be sure to which collection at K Vriese was referring. I have treated this as a lectotypification although the two specimens on the sheet selected may have been the only ones he used."

• Text: "...when lectotypes have to be selected from more than one collection relating to the protologue this is shown by '#'. " (p. 491)

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and the systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms. Telopea 3(4): 497 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Scaevola macrostachya (de Vriese) Benth. legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 111 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Scaevola macrostachya (de Vriese) Benth. legitimate

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