Boeckeler, J.O. (July 1874), Die Cyperaceen den Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 38(4): 434-435 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scleria pygmaea R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 490-491 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scleria pygmaea R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hypoporum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeropus pygmaeus Boeckeler legitimate

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: 203 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scleria pygmaea R.Br. 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]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Scleria pygmaea R.Br. legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2024), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2023. Nuytsia 35: 8 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scleria pygmaea R.Br. legitimate

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