Roxburgh, W. (1820), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 1: 218 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of wet and marshy places."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 332 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scirpus debilis Pursh nom. illeg.

Blake, S.T. (29 August 1952), The identification and distribution of some Cyperaceae and Gramineae, chiefly from Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62(10): 88 [secondary reference]

Koyama, T. (1960), Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 73: 289 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 512-513 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: An widespread taxon, now referred to Schoenoplectiella juncoides (Roxb.) Lye, recorded by various authors (e.g. G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 7: 332 (1878)), but not known to occur in Australia.

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