Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 242 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 93 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 444 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex flava L. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex flava L. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 675 [basionym]

basionym of: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 497 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Nelmes, E. (1955), Notes on Cyperaceae: XXXIV. Allies of Carex flava L. in the Southern Hemisphere. Kew Bulletin 10(1): 85 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Tasmania, R. Brown 6085."

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Carex. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 162 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Carex flava L. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 misapplication: Carex flava L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 444

• APC Dist.: Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 84 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Carex flava L. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

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