Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1848), Icones Plantarum 8: t. 725 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Western Australia. James Drummond n. 7, 1845."

Aston, H.I. (25 February 1969), The genus Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 2(1): 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Villarsia capitata Nees ex Lehm. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Villarsia capitata Nees ex Lehm. legitimate

Tippery, N.P. & Les, D.H. (2009), A new genus and new combinations in Australian Villarsia (Menyanthaceae). Novon 19: 408 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Liparophyllum capitatum (Nees ex Lehm.) Tippery & Les legitimate

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