Brown, R. in Tuckey, J.H. (1818), Appendix No. V: Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith's collection of plants from the vicinity of the River Congo. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816: 477 [tax. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypaelyptum argenteum Vahl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• Comment: nom. illeg. – nom. superfl. published by Nees, Linnaea 9 (1835) 287.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 336 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypaelyptum argenteum Vahl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 126 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 597, Fig. 576 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypaelyptum argenteum Vahl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 521 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J.Kern legitimate

Goetghebeur, P. & Van den Borre, A. (1989), Studies in Cyperaceae 8. A revision of Lipocarpha, including Hemicarpha and Rikliella. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 89(1): 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J.Kern legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 282 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J.Kern legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J.Kern legitimate

Larridon, I., Govaerts, R., Bauters, K. & Goetghebeur, P. (2016), Cyperus albescens, a new combination in Cyperus (Cyperaceae) for the common (sub)tropical African and Asian species Lipocarpha chinensis. Kew Bulletin 71: 31 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus albescens (Steud.) Larridon & Govaerts legitimate

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