Scaevola L., Mant. Pl. 2: 145. 1771 nom. cons.

= Diaspasis R.Br., Prodr. 586. 1810, syn. nov. - Type: D. filifolia R.Br. ≡ Scaevola filifolia (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph.

= Roemeria Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus malab. 24. 1818, nom. illeg. [non Roemeria Medik., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1(3): 15. 1792] - Type: R. lobelia Dennst. ≡ Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

sect. Crossotoma = Scaevola sect. Crossotoma G.Don, Gen. hist. 3: 730. 1834 ≡ Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach., Hist. nat. vég . 9: 583. 1838 - Type: Scaevola spinescens R.Br.

= Scaevola sect. Pogonanthera G.Don, Gen. hist. 3: 729. 1834 ≡ Pogonanthera (G.Don) Spach, Hist. nat. vég . 9: 583. 1838, nom. illeg. (non Pogonanthera Blume, Flora 14: 520. 1831) - Type: Scaevola striata R.Br.

= Scaevola sect. Xerocarpa G.Don, Gen. hist. 3: 729. 1834 ≡ Xerocarpa (G.Don) Spach, Hist. nat. vég . 9: 583. 1838 - Type: Scaevola crassifolia Labill.

= Pogonetes Lindl., Intr. nat. syst. bot., ed. 2, 443. 1836, nom. inval., nom. nud.

= Camphusia de Vriese, Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2: 148. 1851 - Type: C. glabra (Hook. & Arn.) de Vriese ≡ Scaevola glabra Hook. & Arn.

= Merkusia de Vriese, Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2: 150. 1851 - Type: M. crassifolia (Labill.) de Vriese ≡ Scaevola crassifolia Labill.

= Temminckia de Vriese, Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2: 141. 1851 - Type: T. mollis de Vriese ≡ Scaevola mollis Hook. & Arn.

= Molkenboeria de Vriese, Natuurk. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wetensch. Haarlem ser. 2, 10: 38. 1854 - Type: M. pilosa (Benth.) de Vriese ≡ Scaevola pilosa Benth.

= Nigromnia Carolin, Nuytsia 1: 292 (1974) - Type: N. globosa Carolin ≡ Scaevola globosa (Carolin) Carolin.

Type

(designated by W.R. Greuter et al. (eds), Reg. Veg. 118: 276. 1988). Scaevola lobelia L., nom. illeg., typ. cons. ≡ Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl.