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

• Type: (J.) v.v.

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

basionym of: Scirpus gracilis (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 204 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Scirpus tener Spreng. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 448 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: N.S.Wales: Port Jackson (R. Brown Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 5932

misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 183, 264

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): 112-113 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 160-161 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 493 [secondary reference]

Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 32 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 86 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Spike-rush [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 14 [secondary reference]

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

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

• Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 292, Fig. 42J [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Spikerush [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 374 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Eleocharis. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 107 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Spike-rush [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 432 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 112-113

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 32

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 328, 330, Fig. 67g-h [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Spike-rush [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295 common name: Slender Spike-rush [n/a]

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

CHAH (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Heleocharis gracilis F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus tener Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis cunninghamii Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis hookeri Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus cunninghamii (Boeckeler) Kuntze legitimate misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

CHAH (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 14

CHAH (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 112-113

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 32

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 85 [secondary reference]

CHAH (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Heleocharis gracilis F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus gracilis (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus tener Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis cunninghamii Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis hookeri Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus cunninghamii (Boeckeler) Kuntze legitimate misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 295 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 misapplication: Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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