Willdenow, C.L. (1805), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(1): 312 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in insula Tanna ... (v.s.)"

• Comment: nom. illeg. as Carex lithosperma (L.) Murr. is cited in synonymy.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 240 [secondary reference]

Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 341 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(11): 543 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 329 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 430 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 600 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 490 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Scleria graeffeana Boeckeler legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 208 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Scleria polycarpa Boeckeler legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1961), Florae Malesianae Precursores XXX. The genus Scleria in Malaysia. Blumea 11(1): 183 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 226 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 738 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Scleria polycarpa Boeckeler legitimate

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