Doty, M.S. & Stone, B.C. (1966), Brittonia 18: 306, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "a Lucas, m. Jan. 1922 ad locum Queens Cliff, Victoria, Australia, dictum lectus; 3214 numeratus (NSW)."

Hartog, C. den (1970), Verhandlingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam Afdeling Natuurkunde ser. 2, 59(1) 2, 59: 251 [basionym]

basionym of: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 20 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate

Robertson, E.L. in Womersley, H.B S. (1984), Seagrasses. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia 1: 66-68, Plates 15, 16, Figs 12, 13 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 29 [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), Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 717 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 1 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 136, Fig. 28l-o [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate common name: Sea Wrack [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Hydrocharitaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 12 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 315 [secondary reference]

common name: Paddle Weed [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate pro parte misapplication: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 221-223 misapplication: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 229 misapplication: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 77-78 misapplication: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 86

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas

Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Halophila. Flora of Australia 39: 39, Fig. 9J, K [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Halophila ovalis subsp. australis (Doty & B.C.Stone) Hartog legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 89 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 229

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