Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Asterales (218)
Family: Goodeniaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Scaevola (1)
Epithet: plumieri (L.) Vahl (1)
plumieri => in honor of Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist