Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 109 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. vs. NASTURTIUM Miller (1754) (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 2965).

Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814), General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III: - [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 31 [secondary reference]

common name: Water-cress [n/a]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 65-66 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 5 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 9 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 33 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 245 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Latin name of a plant, probably Garden Cress, Lepidium sativum, L., from nasus, nose, tortus, twisted; on account of its aromatic-peppery flavor.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 373 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of a plant, probably Garden Cress, Lepidium sativum, L., nasus, nose, tortus, twisted; on account of its aromatic-peppery flavour."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 31 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 142 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 155 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 69-72 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 49 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 448 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 231 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rorippa Scop. legitimate

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 351 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Nasturtium officinale R.Br. (typ. cons.)

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 285 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rorippa Scop. legitimate

Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Price, R.A. (1998), Delimitation of the genus Nasturtium (Brassicaceae). Novon 8(2): 125 [secondary reference]

Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Cruciferae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 143 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 572-573 [secondary reference]

Al-Shehbaz, I.A. (September 2012), A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Taxon 61(5): 938-939 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cardaminum Moench legitimate

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