Thwaites, G.H.K. (1864), Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 5: 435 [tax. nov.]

Ridley, H.N. (June 1891), The grasses and sedges of the Malay Peninsula. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 23: 14 [basionym]

basionym of: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) Ridl. legitimate

Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (September 1893), Cyperaceae. The Flora of British India 6(19): 626 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke isonym

Clarke, C.B. in Forbes, F.B. & Hemsley, W.B. (31 October 1903), Cyperaceae, in Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong (cont'd). Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 36(252): 229 [basionym]

basionym of: Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke isonym

Pfeiffer, H.H. (1928), Mitteilungen aus dem Institut fur allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 7: 169 [basionym]

basionym of: Eleocharis laxiflora (Thwaites) H.Pfeiff. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud. legitimate

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