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• Type: Hydrilla ovalifolia Rich.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(4): 94 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 115 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 4 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Elodea Michx. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 518 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 50 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "A diminutive of Hydra, the water serpent slain by Hercules."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 53 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "A diminutive of Hydra, the water serpent slain by Hercules"

Hartog, C. den (December 1957), Hydrocharitaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(4): 385-387 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (1961), Hydrocharitaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 18: 84-85 [secondary reference]

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Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 225-227 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1053 [secondary reference]

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Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 7 [secondary reference]

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Cook, C.D.K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Hydrocharitaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 245, Fig. 60G-I [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Hydrocharitaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 196 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 420 [secondary reference]

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Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Serpicula L.f. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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