Presl, C.B. [K.B.] in Oken, L. (ed.) (1828), Isis oder Encyclopaedische Zeitung 21: 269 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus variegatus Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 293 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus variegatus Poir. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 594 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 52 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1754 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 591 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 446 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis compacta R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 293

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis compacta R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 594

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis compacta R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 52

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis compacta R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1754

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eleocharis compacta R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 591

Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 97 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 293

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

orthographic variant: Heleocharis variegata C.Presl orth. var.

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

pro parte misapplied to: Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 293

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