Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 951 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginia, Canada."

Ker Gawler, J.B. (1816), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 2: t. 148 [basionym]

basionym of: Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl. legitimate

Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(9): 170 [basionym]

basionym of: Myoporum ophioglossoides (L.) Steud. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl. legitimate

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