Wight, W.F. in Safford, W.E. (1905), Descriptive catalogue of plants, in Useful plants of Guam. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 9: 267 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb. legitimate

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 290 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Eleocharis plantaginoidea W.Wight orth. var.

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

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

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