Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Upper Victoria River, F. Mueller; Bowen Downs, Birch; beyond the Darling and near Mount Murchison, Victorian Expedition."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 594 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 118 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 161 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate

Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia: 509 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate

CHAH (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Heleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. orth. var.

CHAH (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate

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