Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(73): 35 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad Geograph-Bay, Pries; Murchison's River, Oldfield."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 368 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus calostachyus var. distans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 127 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus distans (F.Muell.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Blake, S.T. (1949), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60(5): 49 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA. – South-Western Division: Murchison R., Oldfield (MEL; LECTOTYPE)"

Blake, S.T. (1949), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60(5): 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus rigens S.T.Blake legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Schoenus rigens S.T.Blake legitimate

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