S. gooddingii was first described and published in Botanical Gazette; Paper of Botanical Notes, 40(5): 376 (-377; t. 12, figs. 1-2). 1905. Crawfordsville, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. «Plant Name Details for Salix gooddingii». IPNI. Consultado el 4 de septiembre de 2010. «originally written as "gooddingi"; Distribution: Nevada; Collector: L. N. Goodding; Locality: Muddy Creek: ditchy banks (Muddy Creek is a tributary of the Virgin River, which flows into the Colorado in Lincoln County, in extreme southeastern Nevada); Collection Date: 1902-5-2».