Blake, S.T. (1938), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 49(15): 154 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Warrego District, Offham ca. 25 miles south of Wyandra, in depressions in grassland, 700 ft., April 13, 1936, Blake 11235 (Herb. Bris)"

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 118-121 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 225 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 165 [secondary reference]

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

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

Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia: 509 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [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: 291-292, Fig. 42T [secondary reference]

common name: Pale Spikerush [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 375 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 330-331, Fig. 67k-l [secondary reference]

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

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 78, 379 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. legitimate common name: Pale Spike-rush [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate

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

common name: Pale Spike-sedge [n/a]

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

common name: Pale Spikerush [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Heleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 91 misapplication: Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler legitimate by Baker, R.T. (1901), Contributions to a knowledge of the Flora of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25(4): 671

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

misapplied to: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 78, 379

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