Raoul, E.F.L. (1844), Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 2: 117 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. Baie des îles."

Hooker, J.D. (13 January 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(3): 236 [secondary reference]

Bennett, A. (1887), Revision of the Australian species of Potamogeton. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 25: 178 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Potamogeton gramineus L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 343 misapplication: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 172, 173

Hagstrom, J.O. (1916), Kunglliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 55(5): 79 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 47 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 48 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 151

Thompson, J. (1961), Potamogetonaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 9: 69-70 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton furcatus Hagstr. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 428 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 14, 415. [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Pondweed [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

vernacular name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 279-281 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 38 [secondary reference]

common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 57 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton furcatus Hagstr. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 724-725 [secondary reference]

common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton furcatus Hagstr. legitimate common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Papassotiriou, S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 24 [secondary reference]

common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 152, Fig. 31k-l [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton furcatus Hagstr. legitimate misapplication: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 172, 173 common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Potamogetonaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 19, Fig. 6 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 443 [secondary reference]

common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton furcatus Hagstr. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton ochreatus f. latifolius A.Benn. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Potamogeton ochreatus var. latifolius Graebn. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(68): 217 misapplication: Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 172, 173 misapplication: Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 227

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Papassotiriou, S.E., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hellquist, C.B. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 90, Plate 17 [secondary reference]

common name: Blunt Pondweed [n/a]

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