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 cyperoides (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 317 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis biflora Boeckeler legitimate misapplication: Abildgaardia fusca Nees legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 273

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 316 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Fimbristylis microcarya F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 595 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 454 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis biflora Boeckeler legitimate misapplication: Abildgaardia fusca Nees legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 273

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

misapplied to: Fimbristylis complanata var. microcarya (F.Muell.) C.B.Clarke legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11

Blake, S.T. (1937), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 48(11): 93 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Fimbristylis microcarya F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11

Kern, J.H. (1955), Florae Malesianae Precursores X. Notes on Malaysian and some S.E.Asian Cyperaceae III. Blumea 8(1): 123 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1968), Florae Malesianae Precursores XLVI. Notes on some SE Asian Cyperaceae X. Blumea 15(2): 433 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Nov. Holl., littus intra Tropicum: R. Brown 5961 (BM)."

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]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 565 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 299 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1072 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

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

misapplied to: Fimbristylis microcarya F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11

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

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Fimbristylis microcarya F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 11

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