Aston, H.I. (25 February 1969), The genus Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 2(1): 19, figs 12-13, t. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(Sd) Boyanup, R.D.Royce 3778, 9.9.1951 (PERTH) "Flrs. white, petals woolly; rooted in mud, leaves and panicle branches wholly submerged. Water 18 in. deep." Isotype – MEL26022."

• APC Dist.: WA

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Menyanthaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 544 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 121, 136 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 665 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Ornduffia submersa (Aston) Tippery & Les legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ornduffia submersa (Aston) Tippery & Les legitimate

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