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• Type: Bergia capensis L.

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• Etymology: "After Dr. Petter Jonas Bergius, 1730-90, Swedish physician and botanist."

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Elatinaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 203-205 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 579 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Dr. Petter Jonas Bergius, 1730-90, Swedish physician and botanist."

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 227 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 334, 335 [secondary reference]

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Leach, G.J. (20 July 1989), Taxonomic revision of Bergia (Elatinaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2): 80 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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