Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (14 February 1905), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(4): 542 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pholidia caerulea S.Moore legitimate

Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1975), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 4: 632 [secondary reference]

Grieve, B.J. in Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1982), Supplement. How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 4: 29 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eremophila merrallii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 152 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eremophila merrallii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 333 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 256-258 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pholidia caerulea S.Moore legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: "Latin caerulea, deep blue."

Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 260 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eremophila clavata Chinnock legitimate by Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1975), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 4: 632

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