Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 250 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 124 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Schoenodum Labill. nom. rej.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 588 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 100 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek leptos, thin; karpos, fruit."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 174 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek leptos, thin; karpos, fruit"

Bakker, K. (December 1957), Restionaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(4): 416, 418 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 486 [secondary reference]

Johnson, L.A.S. & Evans, O.D. (1966), Restionaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 25: 23-25 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 57 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Restionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 913-914 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 170 [secondary reference]

• Type: Leptocarpus aristatus R.Br. (typ. cons.)

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Restionaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 89 [secondary reference]

Quirico, A.L. & Briggs, B.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Restionaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 405 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 187 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Restionaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 38 [secondary reference]

Linder, H.P., Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Restionaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 442, Fig. 103 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. (August 2001), (1489) Proposal to conserve the name Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 50(3): 919-921 [secondary reference]

• Type: "L. tenax (Labill.) R. Br. typ. cons. prop."

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenodum Labill. nom. rej.

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 451-452 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (2005), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54(4): 1096 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(1489). To conserve Leptocarpus with a conserved type (Restionaceae). Proposed by B. G. Briggs in Taxon 50: 919–921 (2001). Votes: 14-0, 1 abst. (recommended)."

Barrie, F.R. (August 2006), Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55(3): 800 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The following proposals were recommended and are approved: ... (1489) Leptocarpus..."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 482 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenodum Labill. nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (ed.) (2018), International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Shenzhen Code): Appendices I-VII. Regnum Vegetabile 159: - [secondary reference]

• Type: L. tenax (Labill.) R. Br. (Schoenodum tenax Labill.) (typ. cons.)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenodum Labill. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina Suess. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stenotalis B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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