Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 257 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria. Wendu river, Robertson. W. Australia, Drummond, 4th coll, n. 322."

Thompson, J. (1961), Hydrocharitaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 18: 87 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich. legitimate

Cook, C.D.K. & Urmi-Konig, K. (October 1984), A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 2. The species of Eurasia, Australasia and America. Aquatic Botany 20(1-2): 169 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Australia, Western Australia, Swan River, 4 Dec. 1848, Drummond 322 (lectotype: K; isolectotypes: BM, G, W)"

Cook, C.D.K. & Urmi-Konig, K. (October 1984), A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 2. The species of Eurasia, Australasia and America. Aquatic Botany 20(1-2): 169 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McColl, K.A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 24 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich. legitimate

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