Scaevola lobelia Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 178. 1774, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 1359.

Replaced synonym: Lobelia plumieri L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Davies in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Goodeniacear: 3. 1978): [icon] " Lobelia frutescens, Portulacae folio " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: 79, t. 79. 1731.

Generitype of Scaevola Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl ( Goodeniaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for Lobelia plumieri L. (1753) .