Braun, A.K.H. (December 1853), Plantae Muellerianae. Marsiliaceae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25(6): 721 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ad fluvium Cygnorum legit Drummond (var. b. sub no. 988); prope Nelsabe in Nov. Holl. australi interiore Dr. Ferd. Müller (a. et y.); ad Dombeybay Wilhelmi (a.).

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 823 [basionym]

basionym of: Zaluzianskya drummondii (A.Braun) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 635, Fig. 605 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macropus Hook. legitimate common name: Nardoo [n/a]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 216 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macropus Hook. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 42 [secondary reference]

common name: Nardoo [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 3 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 41, Fig. 29 [secondary reference]

common name: Nardoo [n/a]

Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 183-184 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 21-23, Fig. 2 [secondary reference]

common name: Nardoo [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 47 [secondary reference]

vernacular name: Clover Fern [n/a] vernacular name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 218 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 37-38 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 184 [secondary reference]

common name: Nardoo [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 13 [secondary reference]

common name: Common nardoo [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 32, 33, Fig. 3b [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Cross [n/a] common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 4 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 27 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Marsileaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 54 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 2 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Marsileaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 70 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 55-56, Fig. 12c-d [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marsilea hirsuta var. nardu Entwisle nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

• Vernacular: Dullum Dullum (Koorie name)

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Marsileaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 168-169, Fig. 56, Map 138 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Zaluzianskya drummondii (A.Braun) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. minor A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. megalophylla A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macropus Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea salvatrix Hanst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea salvatrix Curr. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. elata A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. macra A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. salvatrix (Hanst.) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macra (A.Braun) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea elata A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea oxaloides A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea nardu A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea howittiana A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea hirsutissima A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea sericea A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea nardu var. megalophylla (A.Braun) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. elata (A.Braun) Baker nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. oxaloides (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. nardu (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. howittiana (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. hirsutissima (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii f. macra (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. sericea (A.Braun) Domin legitimate common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 266 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 24 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Algae:Fern Allies. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 46, Fig. 8 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Marsileaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 70 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Nardoo [n/a]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 850 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 28, Fig. 7E, map [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Marsilea drummondi A.Braun orth. var. orthographic variant: Marsilia drummondii A.Braun orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Marsilea drummondii A.Braun var. drummondii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zaluzianskya drummondii (A.Braun) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Marsilea drummondii A.Braun f. drummondii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondi var. megalophylla A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea erosa β sericea F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondi var. minor A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondi α minor A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. minor A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. megalophylla A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macropus Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea salvatrix Hanst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilia drummondii var. macra A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilia drummondii var. salvatrix A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. macra A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilia drummondii var. elata A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. elata A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. salvatrix (Hanst.) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea sylvatrix A.Braun orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea macra (A.Braun) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea elata A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea oxaloides A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea nardu A.Braun var. nardu legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea nardu A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea howittiana A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea hirsutissima A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea sericea A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea nardu var. megalophylla (A.Braun) A.Braun legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. elata (A.Braun) Baker nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Marsilea elata A.Braun var. elata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. oxaloides (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. nardu (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. howittiana (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. hirsutissima (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii f. macra (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. sericea (A.Braun) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Marsilea hirsuta var. nardu Entwisle nom. inval., pro syn. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Marsilea salvatrix Curr. nom. illeg. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Marsilea drummondii var. orientalis A.Braun nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1941 (1991) lists "Marsilea salvatrix Currey, nom. illeg.". This is here treated as a later usage of Hanstein's name and not a later homonym.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 32 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "ad fluvium cygnorum [Swan River], s. dat., legit Drummond sub. no. 988 [=Herb. Shuttleworthianum 988] (lecto, designated here: K 001092640* [also a syntype of M. oxaloides A.Braun]; isolecto: ?BM n.v. [not found], herb. Boiss. n.v. [not found])"

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