Roxburgh, W. (1820), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 1: 448 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of moist places; flowering in the rainy and cold seasons."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 296 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rotala roxburghiana Wight legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 214 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. (15 October 1976), A summary of the family Lythraceae in the Northern Territory (with additional comments on Australian material). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(1): 56 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rotala densiflora (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Koehne legitimate

Cook, C.D.K. (1979), A revision of the genus Rotala (Lythraceae). Boissiera 29: 86 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rotala rosea (Poir.) C.D.K.Cook legitimate

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Lythraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 234 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rotala densiflora (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Koehne legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lythraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 118 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rotala densiflora (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Koehne legitimate

Beesley, P.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Rotala. Flora of Australia 18: 95 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Rotala tripartita Beesley legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 296

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