Ascherson, P.F.A. (1871), Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 3: 301 [autonym]

Hartog, C. den (December 1957), Hydrocharitaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(4): 408 [secondary reference]

Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Halophila. Flora of Australia 39: 37-38 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Barkania Ehrenb. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Halophila sect. Typicae Ostenf. legitimate

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