Wahlenberg, G. (1803), Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 24: 139 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in Pyrenaeis, La Puyrouse ex herb. Thunbergiano."

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 246 [secondary reference]

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): xcvi [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 93 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 437 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 252 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 104-105 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 491-492 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 491 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex acicularis Boott legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251

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

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

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

misapplied to: Carex archeri Boott legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A European taxon, recorded by several authors, but not known to occur in Australia.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Carex archeri Boott legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 251

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