Richard, A. (1820), Monographie du Genre Hydrocotyle. Annales Generales des Sciences Physiques 4: 198, Pl. lxiii, Fig. 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette espèce a été trouvée à la Nouvelle-Hollande par M. R. Brown (V.S.)"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

Bean, A.R. (31 January 2024), Notes on the Queensland species of Hydrocotyle (Araliaceae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 48: 2-3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "New South Wales. Port Jackson, undated, R. Brown (lecto: P 00115408, here chosen)."

taxonomic synonym: Hydrocotyle pulchella R.Br. ex A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hydrocotyle hirta var. pusilla Benth. legitimate

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