Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 381 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Villarsia exiliflora F.Muell. legitimate

• Comment: Bentham refers to F.Mueller, Fragm. 5 (1865) 46, however Mueller only refers to the species as Villarsia exiliflora F.Muell.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 90 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 338 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 111 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Aston, H.I. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Menyanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 293 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Aston, H.I. (28 July 2009), Notes on Australian taxa of Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae): typification and nomenclature. Muelleria 27(2): 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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