Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M. (1942), Plantae Papuanae Archboldianae, X. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23(4): 390 [tax. nov.]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 56 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 286 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Nymphaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 57 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Porter, C.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Nymphaeaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 270 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea macrosperma Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

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