Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 13 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gahnia preissii Nees legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 417 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 128 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 14 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 101 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

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