Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 417 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia. Gaudichaud legit."

Boott, F. (1867), Illustrations of the Genus Carex 4: 169 [basionym]

basionym of: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 442 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 312-313 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 494 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carex caespitosa var. gaudichaudiana Ewart legitimate misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 243 misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 257 misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 218 misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 184, 264 misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 465 misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Tepper, J.G.O. (1895), Die flora von Clarendon und Umgegend (Sud-Australien). Botanisches Centralblatt 63(2/3): 39 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 602

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 98 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 170 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 505 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 75, Fig. 77. [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 334 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carex maidenii Gand. legitimate

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 147, Fig. 114-16 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. & Nooteboom, H.P. (1979), Cyperaceae — II. Flora Malesiana Series I 9(1): 171-172 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carex gaudichaudiana var. humilior Kük. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 11 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 353-355, Fig. 52T [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 392 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Carex. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 156, Fig. 47B, 47I [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 348, Fig. 71a [secondary reference]

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

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Carex vulgaris var. gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Boott legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth var. gaudichaudiana legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Carex gaudichaudiana var. typica Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Carex contracta F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carex gaudichaudiana var. contracta (F.Muell.) Kük. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Carex gaudichaudiana var. humilior Kük. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Carex maidenii Gand. legitimate misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 243 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 20 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxv misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 442 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 86 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 602

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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]

misapplication: Carex caespitosa L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 243 misapplication: Carex vulgaris Fr. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 253

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