Stokes, J. in Withering, W. (1787), A Botanical Arrangement of British Plants Edn. 2, 2: 1035 [tax. nov.]

Goodenough, S. (1794), Observations on the British species of Carex. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2: 160 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1957), Additions to the Victorian sedge flora (Cyperaceae). The Victorian Naturalist 73: 71 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Carex. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 150 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex divulsa Stokes subsp. divulsa legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Carex divulsa subsp. divulsa in Vic.
• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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]

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