Cyperaceae Juss.
Caustis deserti R.L.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, R.L. & Barrett, M.D. (3 November 2015), Twenty-seven new species of vascular plants from Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 33-34, Fig. 5 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "north-east of Queen Victoria Spring, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 18 October 1995, D.J. Edinger 1019 (holo: PERTH 04241525)."
common name: Desert Twigrush [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is the genitive case of the Latin noun desertum (a desert), in reference to the occurrence of this species in the Great Victoria Desert."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 3 [secondary reference]