Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Characters of new Genera and Species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 6: 49 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "ad Flumen Cygnorum lectae."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 81 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: - [pro parte nomenclatural synonym]

pro parte nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1938), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae III. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44(11-20): 175 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus brevisetis var. cygneus (Nees) Kük. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Schoenus brevisetis (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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