Cyperaceae Juss.
Eleocharis sphacelata R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
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.D.) 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): 102 [basionym]
basionym of: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 92 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 292 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 238
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 758 [basionym]
basionym of: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241 BHL [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 591 [secondary reference]
  • Vernacular: Kaya
  • Vernacular: Ma-bil
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 445 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate misapplication: Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 238
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 91 [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): 102-103 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Poir. 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]
common name: Tall Spike Rush [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 225 BHL [secondary reference]
Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 199-202 [secondary reference]
Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 531 [secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 166 [secondary reference]
common name: Kaya [n/a] common name: Tall 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]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 881 [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spike-rush [n/a]
Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 289, Fig. 42I [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spikerush [n/a]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1063, Fig. 310J [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spikerush [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 372 [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spike-rush [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Eleocharis. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 107, Fig. 30G, 35A [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spike-rush [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 327, Fig. 67o-p [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Spike-rush [n/a]
Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 256, Fig. 58 [secondary reference]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Heleocharis sphacelata F.Muell. orth. var. common name: Tall 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]
common name: Tall Spikerush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Heleocharis spacelata F.Muell. orth. var. orthographic variant: Heleocharis sphacelata F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelata Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym taxonomic synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus Spreng. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis biseptata Steud. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, 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]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Heleocharis spacelata F.Muell. orth. var. orthographic variant: Heleocharis sphacelata F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelata Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym taxonomic synonym: Scirpus elegans Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus sphacelatus Spreng. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis biseptata Steud. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas