Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 231 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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• Text: Sieb. Agrost. n. 3

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

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenus melanostachys R.Br. var. melanostachys legitimate taxonomic synonym: Schoenus melanostachys var. altissima F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Schoenus melanostachys var. altissimus F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic

Musili, P.M., Bruhl, J.J. & Wilson, K.L. (14 June 2018), Schoenus rupicola: a narrowly endemic species distinguished from S. melanostachys (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) in eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 223-227, Figs 3-5, 7 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Australia: New South Wales: Port Jackson, R. Brown s.n. [Bennett 5998], 1802 (lectotype: BM 000991026 (here designated); isolectotypes: BM 000991027, DBN, E 00373563, K 000883846)."

taxonomic synonym: Schoenus melanostachys var. altissima F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Schoenus melanostachys var. altissimus F.Muell. legitimate

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