Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Appendix. Nymphaeaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 458 [tax. nov.]

• Type: N. violacea Lehm.

• Etymology: "The name Confluentes refers to the gradual passing of the petals into stamens, unlike in subg. Anecphya."

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

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hellquist, C.B. (16 February 2011), New species, possible hybrids and intergrades in Australian Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) with a key to all species. Telopea 13(1-2): 234 [secondary reference]

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