Bailey, L.H. (1887), A preliminary synopsis of North American Carices, including those of Mexico, Central America, and Greenland, with the American Bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22(1): 137 [tax. nov.]

Bailey, L.H. (1889), Studies of the types of various species of the genus Carex. Notes on Carex. - XI. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 1: 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Carex densa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Carex densa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey legitimate

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