Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 228 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v.

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1): 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Scirpus caespitosus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 313 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis brachylaena F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 126 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 753 [basionym]

basionym of: Iria caespitosa (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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): 455 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Nord-Australien: R.Brown, Iter austaliense 1802–05 No. 5955

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus caespitosus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis brachylaena F.Muell. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis denudata R.Br. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1969), Studies in Cyperaceae. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 8: 6 [secondary reference]

• Type: Type: Australia, Carpentaria, R. Brown [5955] (BM, holo; K, BRI).

nomenclatural synonym: Iria caespitosa (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis elata R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis brachylaena F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iria elata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 225 [secondary reference]

Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia: 502 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis elata R.Br. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 41 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 25 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1071, Fig. 315D [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 206 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus elata Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus cespitosa Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus caespitosus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Iriha caespitosa Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria caespitosa (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis elata R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus elatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis brachylaena F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iriha elata Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Iria elata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combinations Scirpus caespitosus (p. 2602) and S. elatus (p. 2603). However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, these names are considered to be validly published.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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