Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 232 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 372 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 128 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 598 [secondary reference]

Pfeiffer, H.H. (25 October 1926), Oreobolus R. Br., eine merkwürdige Cyperaceengattung. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 23(18-25): 350 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladium punctatum (R.Br.) H.Pfeiff. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 13 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. (1938), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44(1): 25 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Inseln im Golf von Carpentaria (R. Brown. n. 6002! in herb. Kew)

Koyama, T. (1956), Taxonomic Study of Cyperaceae V. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 69: 65 [basionym]

basionym of: Machaerina punctata (R.Br.) T.Koyama legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 677 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 43 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 27 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1103, Fig. 311I [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium punctatum (R.Br.) H.Pfeiff. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Machaerina punctata (R.Br.) T.Koyama legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cladium aromaticum Merr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Machaerina aromatica (Merr.) T.Koyama legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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