Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 489 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Bowman; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 50 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 158 [secondary reference]

Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 82 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 130 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 175, Fig. 148 [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: 175 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 87 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 135 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Haloragaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 230 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (28 February 1986), Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. II. The Australian species. Brunonia 8(2): 230-236, figs 23, 24 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(F. Mueller) s.n., Moreton Bay, no date (MEL 62515!). Isolectotypus: F. Mueller s.n., Moreton Bay, no date (NSW 103211!). Syntypus: Bowman s.n., Queensland, no date (MEL62514!)"

pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 82-83, fig. 23 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 87, 96

Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 71-72, maps 110-112 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 82-83, fig. 23 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 87, 96

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Haloragaceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 218, fig. [11] [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Haloragaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 254 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 82-83, fig. 23 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum trachycarpum F.Muell. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 87, 96

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic

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