Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 232 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (23 October 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1): 251 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 76 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1938), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae III. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44(11-20): 182 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (26 April 1994), New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. Telopea 5(4): 614 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L. & Bruhl, J.J. (2 July 2020), Reinstatement and revision of the genus Chaetospora (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Telopea 23: 100-102, Fig. 1A, D, G; Fig. 2 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "...here designated: Western Australia: King George Sound, Dec. 1802, R. Brown [Bennett No. 6005] (BM 000990995! [plants with pencil annotation ‘B’ only]. Isolectotype: BM 000990996! [plants with pencil annotation ‘B’ only])."

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chaetospora aurata Nees legitimate

• Etymology: "It is thought that Brown chose the Latin epithet curvi- (curved) and -folius (leaved), in reference to the distinctly curly involucral bracts below the head-like inflorescence, though the leaves are also somewhat curly, so either feature may have been recognised in this way."

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 17 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Benth. isonym taxonomic synonym: Chaetospora aurata Nees legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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