Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1816), Flore d'Oware et de Benin en Afrique 2(15): 48, t. 86, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Pycreus polystachyos P.Beauv. (nom. illeg.)

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Meyen, F.J.F. (ed.) (1843), Observationes Botanicas: 55 [secondary reference]

Miquel, F.A.W. (1861), Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 2: 254 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus subg. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Miq. legitimate

Boeckeler, J.O. (March 1868), Die Cyperaceen des Koniglichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 35(5): 437 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus sect. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Boeckeler legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 124 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus L. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 492 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 646 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus subg. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Miq. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 146-152 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 449 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus subg. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Miq. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 430 [secondary reference]

Goetghebeur, P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Cyperaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 172 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 720 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus L. legitimate

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