Andersson, N.J. (1849), Plantae Scandinaviae 1: 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "H.N. VII. 83."

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 218 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex canescens var. robusta Blytt legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 395 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carex canescens L. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 352 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex canescens L. legitimate

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