Ostenfeld, C.E.H. in Schmidt, J. (ed.) (1908), Report on the Danish oceanographical expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas 2: 17 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Zostera sect. Zosterella Asch. legitimate

Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluszny, U. (2001), Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 432 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nanozostera Toml. & Posl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Zostera L. legitimate

Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Zosteraceae. Flora of Australia 39: 140 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Zostera sect. Zosterella Asch. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zosterella (Asch.) Ostenf. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Nanozostera Toml. & Posl. legitimate

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