Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 284 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mauritius."

Merrill, E.D. (3 January 1923), An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 1(1): 127 [basionym]

basionym of: Fimbristylis thouarsii (Kunth) Merr. legitimate

Larridon, I., Zuntini, A.R., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J., Goetghebeur, P., Baker, W.J., Brewer, G.E., Epitawalage, N., Fairlie, I., Forest, F., Sabino Kikuchi, I.A.B., Pokorny, L., Semmouri, I., Spalink, D., Simpson, D.A., Muasya, A.M. & Roalson, E.H. (4 January 2021), Resolving generic limits in Cyperaceae tribe Abildgaardieae using targeted sequencing. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 182 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "designated here: B-W 01143-01 0!"

• Text: "Madagascar (locality wrongly given as Mauritius by Kunth fide Raynal, 1967): L.M.A. Du Petit-Thouars ‘Rhynchospora echinata Willd. Herb. No. 1141 [1144]’"

Larridon, I., Zuntini, A.R., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J., Goetghebeur, P., Baker, W.J., Brewer, G.E., Epitawalage, N., Fairlie, I., Forest, F., Sabino Kikuchi, I.A.B., Pokorny, L., Semmouri, I., Spalink, D., Simpson, D.A., Muasya, A.M. & Roalson, E.H. (4 January 2021), Resolving generic limits in Cyperaceae tribe Abildgaardieae using targeted sequencing. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 182 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Actinoschoenus aphyllus (Vahl) Larridon legitimate

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