Cheeseman, T.F. (1906), Cyperaceae. Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 1: 799 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Black's, Otago, Petrie !"

• Comment: Cheeseman cites this name as "var. elegans, Kukenthal, MS." but there is no indication that Kükenthal provided the validating description. Authorship is here attributed to Cheeseman following ICN Art. 46.5 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 60 [basionym]

basionym of: Uncinia macrolepis var. elegans (Kük. ex Cheeseman) Kük. legitimate

Hamlin, B.G. (1959), A Revision of the Genus Uncinia (Cyperaceae: Caricoideae) in New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum 19: 11 [basionym]

basionym of: Uncinia elegans (Kük. ex Cheeseman) Hamlin legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Uncinia elegans (Kük. ex Cheeseman) Hamlin legitimate

Global Carex Group (2015), Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 36 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Carex subtilis K.A.Ford legitimate

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