Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 81 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In districtu Sussex, Dec. a 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1795."

Kükenthal, G. (1938), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae III. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44(11-20): 174 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenus brevisetis var. subimberbis Benth. legitimate

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Schoenus brevisetis (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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