Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 233 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) 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): 252 [basionym]

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

Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 93 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 380 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesomelaena sphaerocephala (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 480 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Port Jackson (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 6016"

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 480 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 59 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Gymnoschoenus. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 119 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 258 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

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