Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 969 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Callitriche palustris L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 5 [secondary reference]

Sonder, O.W. (1856), Plantae Muellerianae - Callitrichineae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 28(2): 229 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 491 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 50 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 131 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 175 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 359 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Starwort [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Greek kallos, beautiful; thrix, trikhos, hair."

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Callitrichaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 251-252 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 537 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Starwort [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Greek kallos, beautiful; thrix, trikhos, hair"

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 191-192 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Starwort [n/a]

Mason, R. (1959), Callitriche in New Zealand and Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 7(3): 295-327 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 176 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 212-213 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 49-60 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 195 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (13 May 1980), Callitriche (Callitrichaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 2(2): 191-194 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 933, 934 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 96 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Callitrichaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 378 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Callitrichaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 567 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Callitrichaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 622 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (1993), Callitrichaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 373 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Callitrichaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 459-460 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 544 [secondary reference]

Erbar, C. & Leins, P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Callitrichaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 55, Fig. 6 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (30 November 2007), A taxonomic revision of Callitriche L. (Callitrichaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(3): 545-546 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), MI, HI, MDI

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 138 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), HI, MDI, MI

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