Steudel, E.G. von (1855), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(10): 287 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Griffith hrbr. Malacca."

Royen, P. van (March 1953), Xyridaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 369 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xyris complanata R.Br. legitimate

Evans, O.D. (1966), Xyridaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 27: 7 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xyris complanata R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xyris complanata R.Br. legitimate

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