Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 225 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) 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): 103 [basionym]

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

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

replaced synonym of: Scirpus pumilio Spreng. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 297 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus pumilio Spreng. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 447 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus pusillus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus pumilio Spreng. legitimate misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 240 misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 211 misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 451

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 106-107 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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

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]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 85 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Spike Rush [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 166 [secondary reference]

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

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]

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, Fig. 42O [secondary reference]

common name: Small Spikerush [n/a]

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

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Eleocharis. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 108 [secondary reference]

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

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 327-328, Fig. 67a-c [secondary reference]

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

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

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

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis pusilla F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scirpus acicularis L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus pusilla Poir. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scirpus pusillus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Scirpus pumilio Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heleocharis acicularis var. elongata Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acicularis var. elongata Benth. legitimate misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 297 misapplication: Eleocharis striatula É.Desv. legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 447 misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 92

• APC Comment: R.Brown, Prodr. 224 (1810), indicates but does not validly make the combination Eleocharis acicularis. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2607 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus pusillus. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

misapplication: Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241

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