Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 186, 309-311, fig. 25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Darwin: M. Holtze 431 (1884), Type–Melbourne (MEL)."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 261 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (28 December 1979), The genus Calogyne R. Br. in Australia. Brunonia 2(1): 9-11, fig. 2B (map) [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 156 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 38 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (12 April 1990), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea 3(4): 565 [basionym]

basionym of: Goodenia holtzeana (Specht) Carolin legitimate

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Goodenia. Flora of Australia 35: 276 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Goodenia holtzeana (Specht) Carolin legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 892 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Goodenia heppleana (W.Fitzg.) Carolin legitimate

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