Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1832), Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 1: 107, t. 20 [tax. nov.]

Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 279 [basionym]

basionym of: Lepidosperma australe (A.Rich.) Hook.f. legitimate

Cheeseman, T.F. (1906), Cyperaceae. Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 1: 789 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Cladium vautheria C.B.Clarke nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 615 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladium australe (A.Rich.) Druce legitimate

Koyama, T. (1956), Taxonomic Study of Cyperaceae V. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 69: 62 [basionym]

basionym of: Machaerina australis (A.Rich.) T.Koyama legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 235 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): NEW ZEALAND: Voyage de l' Astrolabe, collector unknown [?Lesson] (lecto: P 00603280; isolecto: G (3 sheets), P 00603281, P 00603282).

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 235 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lepidosperma australe (A.Rich.) Hook.f. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Lepidosperma australe (A.Rich.) Hook.f. legitimate

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