Playfair, G. (1907), Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 161, pl. III, fig. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Botany: New South Wales

Playfair, G. (1907), Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Penium exiguum var. expansum (Playfair) Willi Krieg. legitimate

Krieger, W. (1935), Die Desmidiaceen Europas mit Berücksichtigung der aussereuropäischen Arten. Band 13. Abteilung 1, Teil 1, Lieferung 2 of Dr. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz: 234, pl. 10: fig. 12 [basionym]

basionym of: Penium exiguum var. expansum (Playfair) Willi Krieg. legitimate

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

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