Martius, C.F.P. von in Wallich, N. (15 June 1832), Eriocauleae et Xyrideae Indiae orientalis. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3(11): 30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Napalia (Wallich)."

• Comment: Xyris schoenoides Mart. was first published as nomen nudum in N. Wallich, A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of Plants in the East India Companies Museum 208 (1828).

Nilsson, A. (1892), Studien Uber die Xyrideen. Kunglliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar n.s 24(14): 41 [basionym]

basionym of: Xyris capensis var. schoenoides (Mart.) Nilsson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Xyris capensis var. schoenoides (Mart.) Nilsson legitimate

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