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." [given by S.T.Blake, Contr. Queensland Herb. 8 (1969) 6 as "Australia, Carpentaria R. Brown [5954] (BM, holo; fragment BRI)."].'

• Comment: Base name for Iria elata (R.Br.) Kuntze; [Scirpus elata (R.Br.) Poiret].

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 elatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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

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 elata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis caespitosa R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis caespitosa R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis caespitosa R.Br. legitimate

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