Thunberg, C.P. (1783), Nova Genera Plantarum 3: 73 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat locis depressis insulae Ceilonae."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 254 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Aponogeton elongatus F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

Bruggen, H.W.E. van (1969), Revision of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae). III. The species of Australia. Blumea 17(1): 127 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Aponogeton elongatus F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

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

orthographic variant: Aponogeton crispum Thunb. orth. var.

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

doubtful misapplied to: Aponogeton vanbruggenii Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

Hellquist, C.B. & Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Aponogetonaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 52 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Aponogeton elongatus F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

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