Vriese, W.H. de (1854), Goodenovieae. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 72 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "S.W. Australia. Drummond 263 (Herb. Hook.)"

• Comment: Base name for Lobelia myrtifolia (Vriese) Kunth; Scaevola myrtifolia (Vriese) K.Krause.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 88 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scaevola groeneri F.Muell. legitimate

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

basionym of: Lobelia myrtifolia (de Vriese) Kuntze legitimate

Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1912), Goodeniaceae. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 54(277): 136 [basionym]

basionym of: Scaevola myrtifolia (de Vriese) K.Krause legitimate

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 645 [basionym]

basionym of: Scaevola myrtifolia (de Vriese) Druce isonym

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: "HOLOTYPES: WESTERN AUSTRALIA: S.W. Australia, Drummond 363 (K). ISOTYPES: BM,P. Vriese gives 'Drummond 263', but this is apparently a misprint for 363."

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Scaevola. Flora of Australia 35: 100 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Scaevola myrtifolia (de Vriese) K.Krause legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Scaevola myrtifolia (de Vriese) K.Krause legitimate

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