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

• Type: "(T.) B. v.s."

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: 303 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypoporum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Boeckeler, J.O. (July 1874), Die Cyperaceen den Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 38(4): 434-435 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplacrum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees ex Boeckeler legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 427 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypoporum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeropus pygmaeus Boeckeler legitimate

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplacrum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees ex 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: 203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplacrum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees ex Boeckeler legitimate

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]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 44 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 27 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1105-1106 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypoporum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Diplacrum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees ex Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeropus pygmaeus Boeckeler legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2024), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2023. Nuytsia 35: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplacrum pygmaeum (R.Br.) Nees ex Boeckeler legitimate

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