Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 257 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad amnes silvarum in fagetis praesertim altioribus montium Baw-Baw Mount Arnott et Mount Juliette, ad fontes editiores fluminum Yarra, Tarwin, Tangil, La Trobe – et Goulburn-River, altitudinem 4000' adscendens."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 447 [secondary reference]

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

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 618 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 496 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 343 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carex conspicua Boott ex C.B.Clarke legitimate

• APC Dist.: Vic

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