Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 229 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) B. v.s."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 9 [basionym]

basionym of: Fimbristylis aphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 423 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis aphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis planiculmis Boeckeler legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129, 143 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 597 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. (1944), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XV. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 53(3): 196-197 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis aphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis planiculmis Boeckeler legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 320 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 201 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 224 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 23 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 2 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1039-1041, Fig. 311A [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis aphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis planiculmis Boeckeler legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Larridon, I., Zuntini, A.R., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J., Goetghebeur, P., Baker, W.J., Brewer, G.E., Epitawalage, N., Fairlie, I., Forest, F., Sabino Kikuchi, I.A.B., Pokorny, L., Semmouri, I., Spalink, D., Simpson, D.A., Muasya, A.M. & Roalson, E.H. (4 January 2021), Resolving generic limits in Cyperaceae tribe Abildgaardieae using targeted sequencing. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 180 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Australia, Queensland, Endeavour River, 1770, J. Banks & D. Solander s.n. (lectotype, designated here: BM 000991170!; isolectotypes BRI -AQ043356!, NSW 133180!)."

nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis aphylla (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 5 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Excluded taxon. This taxon does not occur in WA. See Larridon et al. (2021). [Larridon, I. et al. (4 January 2021), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196 : 180.]

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