Playfair, G. (1907), Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 189, pl. V, fig. 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Rose's Lagoon, Collector, Botany, Mosman: 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: Staurastrum patens f. australica (Playfair) Playfair legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Staurastrum patens var. planctonicum G.S.West legitimate

Playfair, G. (1908), Some Sydney desmids. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 622 [basionym]

basionym of: Staurastrum patens f. australica (Playfair) Playfair 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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