Willdenow, C.L. (1799), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 2(2): 1153 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Malabariae aquis."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(16): 142 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 218 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 61 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea gigantea Hook. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), A catalogue of plants collected during Mr. Alexander Forrest's geographical exploration of North-west Australia in 1879. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 14: 82 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 14 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 1 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 4 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Porter, C.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Nymphaeaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 264 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. legitimate

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