Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1828), Reliquae Haenkeanae 1: 193 [tax. nov.]

Koyama, T. (1963), The genus Scirpus Linn.: critical species of the section Pterolepis. Canadian Journal of Botany 41(7): 1118 [basionym]

basionym of: Scirpus americanus subsp. monophyllus (C.Presl) T.Koyama legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla legitimate

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