Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 127 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae sossis paludosis."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 173 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton acutifolius Link legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

Haynes, R.R. (1986), Typification of Linnaean Species of Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae). Taxon 35(3): 568-569 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "The first specimen is in the Clifford Herbarium at BM. ... I designate it the lectotype of P. compressus"

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

misapplied to: Potamogeton acutifolius Link legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 216

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