Bailey, F.M. (1890), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl. 3: 70 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Still waters, or at the edge of the running waters of the Mulgrave River."

• Etymology: "Plant small and slender compared with others of the genus."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vallisneria gracilis F.M.Bailey legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [isonym]

isonym of: Vallisneria gracilis F.M.Bailey legitimate

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