Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1834), Uebersicht der Cyperaceengattungen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 9: 283 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cyperus pumilus L. legitimate

• Etymology: The combination is validly made by Nees, loc. cit. and is not a nomen nudum as asserted by Kern, loc. cit. and as assumed by Domin.

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

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 375 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus pumilus L. legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 650 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus pumilus L. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 151-152 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus pumilus L. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus pumilus L. legitimate

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