Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 975 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae paludibus."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 444 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carex cataractae R.Br. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 218 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carex cataractae R.Br. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 671 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 497 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 444

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex oederi var. cataractae (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 218

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

pro parte misapplied to: Carex demissa Hornem. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

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

pro parte misapplied to: Carex cataractae R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex cataractae R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 444

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 84 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Carex lepidocarpa Tausch legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 84 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Carex flaviformis Nelmes legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 84 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Carex demissa Hornem. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 84 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Carex cataractae R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

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