Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 457 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J. D.) v.s."

Grisebach, A.H.R. (1838), Genera et Species Gentianearum adjectis Observationibus Quibusdam Phytogeographicis: 339 [basionym]

basionym of: Villarsia parnassifolia reniformis (R.Br.) Griseb. legitimate

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 142-143 [basionym]

basionym of: Limnanthemum reniformis (R.Br.) Tate legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 132 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Limnanthemum exaltatum (Sol. ex Sims) F.Muell. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 210 [secondary reference]

alternative name: Limnanthemum exaltatum (Sol. ex Sims) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 338 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 459 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Villarsia exaltata (Sol. ex Sims) G.Don legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 693 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Villarsia exaltata (Sol. ex Sims) G.Don legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 483 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Villarsia exaltata (Sol. ex Sims) G.Don legitimate

Aston, H.I. (25 February 1969), The genus Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 2(1): 46-53 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Brown's specimen from port Dalrymple collected in 1804."

taxonomic synonym: Menyanthes sarmentosa Sims legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 146 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Menyanthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 508 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Menyanthaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 383, Fig. 74f [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Limnanthemum stygium J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides stygia (J.M.Black) H.Eichler legitimate common name: Running Marsh-flower [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Menyanthes sarmentosa Sims legitimate taxonomic synonym: Villarsia sarmentosa (Sims) Roem. & Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Villarsia parnassifolia reniformis (R.Br.) Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Villarsia parnassifolia var. reniformis Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Limnanthemum stygium J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides stygium H.Eichler orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Nymphoides stygia (J.M.Black) H.Eichler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Limnanthium stygium Aston orth. var. misapplication: Villarsia exaltata (Sol. ex Sims) G.Don legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 694, Fig. 982

• APC Comment: The name " Villarsia parnassiifolia var. reniformis Schldl., nom. illeg." listed by A.D. Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index, 2964 (1991) is a phantom. Schlechtendal gave a direct reference to Grisebach's publication of Villarsia parnassiifolia var. reniformis (R.Br.) Griseb.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Tippery, N.P. & Les, D.H. (2009), A new genus and new combinations in Australian Villarsia (Menyanthaceae). Novon 19: 410 [basionym]

basionym of: Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 54 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les legitimate

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