Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 181 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Elatine perennis F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8, 141 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 14 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 49 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 536 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 228 [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): 249 [secondary reference]

Verdon, D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Elatinaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 229, Fig 267D [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 117 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 29 [secondary reference]

Leach, G.J. (20 July 1989), Taxonomic revision of Bergia (Elatinaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2): 85-86 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elatine perennis F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Elatinaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 158, Fig. 42D [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elatine perennis F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bergia perennis F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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