Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 237 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 251 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 107 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia aristata Benth. legitimate

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