Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(16): 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in herbario expeditionis Gregorianae sub nomine Elatine (Bergia) verticillaris depositam reperi statu deflorato in planitiebus passim prolutis ad Roperi flumen"

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 180 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Bergia pusilla Benth. legitimate

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 608 [basionym]

basionym of: Bergia verticillaris (F.Muell.) Druce nom. illeg.

Leach, G.J. (20 July 1989), Taxonomic revision of Bergia (Elatinaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2): 97 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): F. Mueller s.n., Arnhem Land, Roper River, 10.vii.1856 (Lecto.: MEL 534787; isolecto.: K).

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bergia pusilla Benth. legitimate

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