Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 150 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus acicularis L. legitimate

• Comment: This combination is sometimes attributed to R.Brown, Prodr. 224 (1810). Brown lists Scirpus acicularis L. as belonging to his new genus Eleocharis but does not definitely associate the genus and species names as required by ICN Art. 35.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii. [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 240 [secondary reference]

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: 92 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 297 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211 [secondary reference]

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 451 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 447 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 240

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 451

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 92 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 106 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 535 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis acicularis F.Muell. orth. var.

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

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 297

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 92

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 85 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241

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