Presl, J.S. & Presl, C.B. in Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1828), Cyperaceae. Reliquae Haenkeanae 1(3): 195 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in insula Luzon."

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 104-106 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) W.Wight legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 529 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 14 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 25 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 290, Fig. 42G [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) W.Wight legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 373 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT

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