Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. (15 August 1832), Acanthaceae Indiae orientalis. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3(12): 81 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ruellia salicifolia Vahl legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 544 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1156 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia salicifolia Vahl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 119 [secondary reference]

Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 98 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 259 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate

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

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 453, Fig. 63G [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia salicifolia Vahl legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 120-123 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 544

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 121 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 13 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 119

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 98

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 152

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 607 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 453, Fig. 63G

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hygrophila angustifolia R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95

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