Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 227 [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 denudatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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

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

• Type: N. Australia. Arnhem Land, N. coast, R. Brown;

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 denudata (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): 454 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: North coast (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 5948)

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus denudatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 455 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis caespitosa R.Br. legitimate

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

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 204 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1969), Studies in Cyperaceae. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 8: 7 [secondary reference]

• Type: Type: Northern Australia, North Coast, R. Brown [5948] (BM, holo – fragment and photo BRI; E, K).

nomenclatural synonym: Iria denudata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis androgyna R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iria androgyna (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]

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: 1073-1075, Fig. 318B [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 263, Fig. 60, 61 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus denudata Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus denudatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Iriha denudata Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria denudata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis androgyna R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus androgyna Poir. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scirpus androgynus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iriha androgyna Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Iria androgyna (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combinations Scirpus androgynus (p. 2601) and S. denudatus (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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