Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 224 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v.

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1): 102 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scirpus compactus Poir. nom. illeg.

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Scirpus compactus Spreng. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 446 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Nord-Australien (Arnhem South Bay, R.Brown!)

taxonomic synonym: Scirpus compactus Spreng. nom. illeg. misapplication: Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 293 misapplication: Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 594 misapplication: Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 52 misapplication: Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1754 misapplication: Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 591

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 97 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. 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: 204 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Rosen, D.J., Hatch, S.L. & Carter, R. (2008), Taxonomy and nomenclature of three closely related species of Eleocharis subgenus Limnochloa (Cyperaceae). Blumea 53: 242 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): Brown 5934 (lecto BM, barcode BM000901117; iso-lecto BM, K), Australia, Northern Territory.

Rosen, D.J., Hatch, S.L. & Carter, R. (2008), Taxonomy and nomenclature of three closely related species of Eleocharis subgenus Limnochloa (Cyperaceae). Blumea 53: 242 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis compacta F.Muell. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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