Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 122-123 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Goody Goody, 9 miles from Derby (W.V.F.)."

Roalson, E.H., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J. & Larridon, I. (26 March 2019), Crosslandia setifolia is a partly monoecious species of Fimbristylis (Abildgaardieae: Cyperaceae). Phytotaxa 399(2): 163 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The name is usually ascribed to Fitzgerald (1918: 122); however, a brief but diagnostic description was published by Fitzgerald (1906: 9)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Fimbristylis crosslandii Roalson, R.L.Barrett & Larridon legitimate

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