Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von & Bonpland, A.J.A. (1808), Plantae Aequinoctiales 1: 221 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Lilaea subulata Humb. & Bonpl.

Aston, H.I. (1967), Aquatic Angiosperms: records of four introduced species new to Victoria. Muelleria 1(3): 169 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 256-258 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1062, 1063, 1064 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 23 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Lilaeaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 21 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. & Aston, H.I. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Juncaginaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 138 [secondary reference]

Haynes, R.R., Les, D.H. & Holm-Nielsen, L.B. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Juncaginaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 263 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 488 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Juncaginaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 54 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triglochin L. legitimate

Australian Biological Resources Study (ed.) 2025, Flora of Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triglochin L. legitimate

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