Desvaux, É.É. in Gay, C. (1854), Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile ... Botanica [Flora Chilena] 6: 173 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Se cria en los luganes húmedos de Santiago, á la dehesa, en san Fernando, etc."

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

taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acicularis var. elongata Benth. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis striatula É.Desv. orth. var.

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

misapplied to: Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 447

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