Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 288 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 140 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1644 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 559 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 462 [secondary reference]

• Type: Pontederia cordata L.

Evans, O.D. (1966), Pontederiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 30: 2-3 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 269-270 [secondary reference]

Lowden, R.M. (1973), A revision of the genus Pontederia. Rhodora 75: 448-449 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1202, 1203, 1204 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 57 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Pontederiaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 53-55 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Horn, C.N. & Haynes, R.R. (1987), Typification of Pontederia and its Linnaean species names (Pontederiaceae). Taxon 36(3): 622-23 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pontederiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 250-251 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Hydatellaceae - Pontederia. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 636 [secondary reference]

Cook, C.D.K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Pontederiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 401, Fig. 92A-D [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 692 [secondary reference]

Pellegrini, M.O.O., Horn, C.N. & Almeida, R.F. (2018), Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L. Phytokeys 108: 46-49 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Monochoria C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eichhornia Kunth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Limnostachys F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Monochoria sect. Deutomonochoria O.Schwartz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Monochoria sect. Eumonochoria O.Schwartz nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Monochoria C.Presl sect. Monochoria legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eichhornia sect. Eueichhornia O.Schwartz nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Monochoria sect. Eumonochoria O.Schwarz nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Monochoria sect. Limnostachys (F.Muell.) Backer legitimate

• APC Comment: Eichhornia and Monochoria are recognised as distinct taxa in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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