Thunberg, C.P. (1794), Prodromus Plantarum Capensium 1: 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1832), Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 7: 496 [basionym]

basionym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1947), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58(2): 42 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 172 [secondary reference]

common name: Awned Club-rush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 17 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), A synopsis of the genus Scirpus sens. lat. (Cyperaceae) in Australia. Telopea 2(2): 167 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 364 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 320 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

Muasya, A.M. & Simpson, D.A. (2002), A monograph of the genus Isolepis R.Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin 57(2): 337 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: South Africa, Thunberg 1592 (lectotype UPS, selected here).

Muasya, A.M. & Simpson, D.A. (2002), A monograph of the genus Isolepis R.Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin 57(2): 337 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Isolepis hystrix (Thunb.) Nees legitimate

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