Menyanthaceae Dumort.
Nymphoides astoniae M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, R.L. & Barrett, M.D. (3 November 2015), Twenty-seven new species of vascular plants from Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 67-70, Fig. 21 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 25 January 2010, R.L. Barrett & M.D. Barrett RLB 6425 (holo: PERTH 08613869; iso: PERTH (spirit), BRI, CANB, DNA, K, MEL)."
taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides sp. Mitchell Plateau (R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett RLB 2640) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides sp. 2 (Barrett & Barrett 2640) [n/a] common name: Aston's Marshwort [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet honours Helen Aston, one of Australia’s leading aquatic plant taxonomists, who revised the Australian Nymphoides species (e.g. Aston 1973, 1982, 1987, 1992, 2003, 2009) along with several other aquatic genera."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 13 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides sp. Mitchell Plateau (R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett RLB 2640) WA Herbarium [n/a]