Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit- (17 November 1806), Genera Nova Madagascariensia: 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Nash, G.V. (22 May 1905), Podostemonaceae. North American Flora 22(1): 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Tristicha alternifolia (Willd.) Sprengel

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 148-151 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Podostemaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 3-5 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Podostemaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 481 [secondary reference]

Cook, C.D.K. & Rutishauser, R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Podostemaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 320, Figs. 104E,J, 106A-C [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Malaccotristicha C.Cusset & G.Cusset legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 875 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Malaccotristicha C.Cusset & G.Cusset legitimate

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