Link, J.H.F. (1833), Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2: 292 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus complanatus Retz. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 462 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus complanatus Retz. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees legitimate

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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus complanatus Retz. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link var. complanata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis complanata var. macrocarya Domin nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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