Wahlenberg, G. (1803), Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 24: 149 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. ad Canton in China, Wannman: ex herbario Bergiano."

Kern, J.H. & Nooteboom, H.P. (1979), Cyperaceae — II. Flora Malesiana Series I 9(1): 118-122 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex cruciata Wahlenb. var. cruciata legitimate

• APC Comment: An Asian and Malesian taxon, recorded by J.H.Kern & H.P.Nooteboom, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 9: 118-120 (1979), but not known to occur in Australia.

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