Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1393 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1830), Umbelliferae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 68 [basionym]

basionym of: Hydrocotyle sect. Centella (L.) DC. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), On two new Umbelliferous plants from the alps of south-eastern Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: t. 12 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (September 1867), Genera Plantarum 1(3): 873 [basionym]

basionym of: Hydrocotyle subg. Centella (L.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 63 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Azorella Lam. legitimate

Coulter, J.M & Rose, J.N. (1900), Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 7: 30 [secondary reference]

• Type: Centella villosa L.

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 434 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Said to be a Latinised diminutive of Greek kentron, a sharp point or bristle, but the application in not obvious."

Buwalda, P. (December 1949), Umbelliferae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 116-117 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hydrocotyle sect. Centella (L.) DC. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 329 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 247 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 65 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Apiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 242 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1987), Nomenclatural and bibliographic survey of Hydrocotyle L. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 98: 11-23 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Apiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 504 [secondary reference]

Wiecek, B.M. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Centella. Flora of New South Wales 3: 106 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 268 [secondary reference]

Duretto, M.F. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Apiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 287 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Apiaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 122 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 479 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 30 [secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 165 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hydrocotyle sect. Centella (L.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hydrocotyle subg. Centella (L.) Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic, Tas

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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