Briggs, B.G. (9 April 2014), Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera. Telopea 16: 24-25, Figs 2, 3 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: Western Australia: Dennis Road 0.5 km N of Governor Broome Road, ENE of Augusta, B.G. Briggs 9821, 19 Nov 2007 [female] (holo NSW756791; iso PERTH).

taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus 'elegans' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus elegans Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus elegans J.R.Wheeler, N.G.Marchant & M.Lewington nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus elegans B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus sp. A [n/a]

• Etymology: "The epithet refers to the handsome appearance of the young male and female inflorescences, the red-brown glumes contrasting with their pale hyaline margins."

Briggs, B.G. (21 August 2015), The identity of Restio trisepalus Nees, the new combination Leptocarpus trisepalus and lectotypifications in Australian Restionaceae. Telopea 18: 218 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptocarpus trisepalus (Nees) B.G.Briggs legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 126 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus elegans B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson manuscript name

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 126 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptocarpus trisepalus (Nees) B.G.Briggs legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptocarpus trisepalus (Nees) B.G.Briggs legitimate

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