Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 225 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus capitatus L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 296 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (July 1895), A supplement to a census of the flora of extra-tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 19: 82 [secondary reference]

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): 446 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus capitatus L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eleogenus capitatus (L.) Nees ex Mart. 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): 124 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis capitata F.Muell. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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