Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(73): 29 [primary reference]

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

orthographic variant of: Schoenus melanostachys var. altissimus F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenus melanostachys R.Br. legitimate

Musili, P.M., Bruhl, J.J. & Wilson, K.L. (14 June 2018), Schoenus rupicola: a narrowly endemic species distinguished from S. melanostachys (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) in eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 223 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenus melanostachys R.Br. legitimate

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