Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 180 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Elatine verticillaris F.Muell. legitimate

• Text: "The East Indian B. verticillata Willd., is a very different species."
• Comment: nom. nov., non Bergia verticillaris Willd., Sp. Pl. 4th edn, 2(1): 770( 1799).

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]

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): 97-98 [secondary reference]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elatine verticillaris F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Bergia verticillaris (F.Muell.) Druce nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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