Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 126 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae lacubus & fluviis."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 343 [secondary reference]

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 (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 20 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 329 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xcvi, xlvii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 91 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 170 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 83 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 12 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 121 [secondary reference]

Bennett, A. (1887), Revision of the Australian species of Potamogeton. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 25: 177 [secondary reference]

Bennett, A. (1887), Revision of the Australian species of Potamogeton. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 25: 177 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Potamogeton cheesemanii A.Benn. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 276 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 48 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 343

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 288 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 5 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Monocots (Alismataceae to Najadaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 418 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 170

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 28 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton drummondii Benth. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 5

Haynes, R.R. (1986), Typification of Linnaean Species of Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae). Taxon 35(3): 564-565 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "The specimen in the Clifford Herbarium at BM. ... I, therefore, designate it as the lectotype of P. natans."

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 148 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 343

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Potamogetonaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 19 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

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

misapplied to: Potamogeton drummondii Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 170

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton tricarinatus F.Muell. & A.Benn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton drummondii Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 170

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Potamogeton drummondii Benth. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Potamogeton drummondii Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 170

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Potamogeton cheesemanii A.Benn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Potamogeton australiensis A.Benn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

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