Hartog, C. den (1970), Ondinea, a new genus of Nymphaeaceae. Blumea 18(2/2): 413, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kimberley district, Kurunundalo or Kurunundalu, 3 miles North-East of Kalimburu (126°40′E, 14°15′S), 15-4-1968, W. Leutert 108 (CANB, 6 sheets; I have indicated the plant on sheet no. 3 as the type specimen)"

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 139-141 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F. & Schneider, E.L. (11 October 1983), The genus Ondinea (Nymphaceae) including a new subspecies from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 360-361 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 77 [secondary reference]

Williamson, P.S. & Mosely, M.F. (1 December 1989), Morphological studies of the Nymphaeaceae sensu lato. XVII. Floral anatomy of Ondinea purpurea subspecies purpurea (Nymphaeaceae). American Journal of Botany 76(12): 1779-1794 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 132 [secondary reference]

Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Nymphaeaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 68, Fig. 13 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Porter, C.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Nymphaeaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 274 [secondary reference]

Löhne, C., Wiersema, J.H. & Borsch, T. (2009), The unusual Ondinea, actually just another Australian water-lily of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya (Nymphaeaceae). Willdenowia 39: 57 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea ondinea Löhne, Wiersema & Borsch legitimate

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