Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(7): 80 [tax. nov.]

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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: 255-256, Fig. 58 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Scirpus laxiflorus Thwaites legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) Ridl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke isonym taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke isonym taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis difformis S.T.Blake legitimate

• APC Comment: Eleocharis difformis is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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