Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(72): 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "...ad fluvium Victoriae detexi."

alternative name: Rhynchospora longisetis var. pterochaeta F.Muell. legitimate

• Text: "Varietatem aliam aut speciem dignoscendam ( pterochaetam )..."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 350 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rhynchospora longisetis R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 468 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Rhynchospora longisetis R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 350 pro parte misapplication: Rhynchospora longisetis R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 127 pro parte misapplication: Rhynchospora longisetis R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 214 pro parte misapplication: Rhynchospora longisetis R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1782

Kükenthal, G. (1949), Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 74: 487-488 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 207 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 226 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 27 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1099 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Rhynchospora longisetis var. pterochaeta F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Dowe, J.L. & Short, P.S. (2 February 2024), The Gullivers’ travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851–1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857–1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture. Swainsona 38: 67 [secondary reference]

• Text: "While Mueller mentions in the protologue [of Rhynchospora longisetis var. pterochaeta F.Muell.] that this taxon could perhaps be recognised as a species, he did not definitely associate the final epithet with the generic name Rhynchospora (ICN Art. 35.2). As such, he only validly published a name for the taxon at the rank of variety. This does not constitute an invalidly published provisional name at species rank (Art. 36.1) as indicated by Chapman (1991: 2517). The first author to validly publish a combination at species rank for this taxon was Jackson in Index Kewensis 2: 771 (1895).

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