Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo turfoso ad radices montis Melville, Plantagenet, Oct. a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1790 (ex parte)".

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 357 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus cruentus (Nees) Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1938), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae III. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44(11-20): 172 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus cruentus (Nees) Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus cruentus (Nees) Benth. legitimate

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