Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(33): 46 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In aquis stagnantibus ad sinum marinum Rockingham's Bay. Dallachy."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 381 [basionym]

basionym of: Limnanthemum exiliflorum (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 429 [basionym]

basionym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Aston, H.I. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Menyanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 293 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Aston, H.I. (28 July 2009), Notes on Australian taxa of Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae): typification and nomenclature. Muelleria 27(2): 123 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): "1st May 1865 Growing in moist places flower yellow..." in Dallachy's hand, with "Villarsia exiliflora...." added by Mueller, and "Rockingham's Bay" (MEL 1505001).

Aston, H.I. (28 July 2009), Notes on Australian taxa of Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae): typification and nomenclature. Muelleria 27(2): 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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