Steudel, E.G. von (1855), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(8-9): 148 [tax. nov.]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhynchospora longisetis var. discolor (Hochst. ex Steud.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Rhynchospora wightiana (Nees) Steud. legitimate

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