Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (September 1893), Cyperaceae. The Flora of British India 6(19): 592 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cyperus polystachyos var. laxiflorus Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 417 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus polystachyos var. laxiflorus Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 370 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus polystachyos var. laxiflorus Benth. legitimate

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. legitimate

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