Lehmann, J.G.C. (1853), Ueber die Gattung Nymphaea. Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 9: 218 [tax. nov.]

Jacobs, S.W.L. (12 March 1992), New species, lectotypes and synonyms of Australasian Nymphaea. Telopea 4(4): 639 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): QUEENSLAND: Cape York, Macgillivray Voyage of the Rattlesnake, Bot. 410 β, 27 October 1849 (lecto K; isolecto B)."

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

orthographic variant: Nymphaea violacea var. coerulea Lehm. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea violacea Lehm. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Porter, C.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Nymphaeaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 265 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea violacea Lehm. legitimate

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