Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (1829), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 7(1): 170 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Caulinia ovalis R.Br. legitimate

• Comment: Zostera stipulacea Forsskal cited in synonymy here, and by R.Brown.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate by Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (1829), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 7(1): 170

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