Rendle, A.B. (1899), A systematic revision of the genus Najas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, Ser. 2 5: 420, t. XLII, figs 163–167 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "NORTH AUSTRALIA – Cavern Is., Gulf of Carpentaria (R. Brown, Jan. 14, 1803)!"

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 583 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 259 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 56 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Najadaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 973-974 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Najadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 22 [secondary reference]

common name: Waternymph [n/a]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Najadaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 207, Fig. 43 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Naias browniana F.M.Bailey orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McColl, K.A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Najadaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 102, Fig. 24D-F [secondary reference]

common name: Waternymph [n/a]

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