Boott, F. in Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), Carex. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 98 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(Archer, n.71.) ... Cuming's Head, Archer."

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 252 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 100 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 491 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 11 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Previous record not substantiated."

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 396 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Carex. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 148 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 355, Fig. 71o [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Archer's Sedge [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate isonym: Carex archeri Boott isonym misapplication: Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 83 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 252

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

isonym: Carex archeri Boott isonym misapplication: Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251 misapplication: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 252

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

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