Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 254 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 123 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 584 [secondary reference]

common name: Hat-pin plant [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 506 [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: 212 [secondary reference]

Evans, O.D. (1966), Eriocaulaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 28: 10-11 [secondary reference]

Moldenke, H.N. (1968), Additional notes on the Eriocaulaceae. XIV. Phytologia 17(5): 391-393 [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): 227 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 19 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 126 [secondary reference]

common name: White Hatpins [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 29 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Eriocaulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 80 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eriocaulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 265 [secondary reference]

Leach, G.J. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Eriocaulaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 225, Fig. 47 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eriocaulon australe R.Br. f. australe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon australe f. atrichum Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon australe f. typicum Domin nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

Prajaksood, A., Parnell, J.A.N. & Chantaranothai, P. (2012), New taxa and new combinations of Eriocaulaceae from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 67: 677 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "BM!, chosen here"

Prajaksood, A., Parnell, J.A.N. & Chantaranothai, P. (2012), New taxa and new combinations of Eriocaulaceae from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 67: 677 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriocaulon sexangulare var. australe (R.Br.) Praj. & J.Parn. legitimate

Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 215-217, Figs 2g-h, 11.4 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "[‘(J.) v.v’] New South Wales: Port Jackson, 1802, R. Brown s.n. [Iter Austral. 5821] (lecto (Prajaksood et al. 2012) BM80218!; isolecto BM802015!, BM802016!)."

nomenclatural synonym: Eriocaulon sexangulare var. australe (R.Br.) Praj. & J.Parn. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eriocaulon australe R.Br. f. australe legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eriocaulon sexangulare var. australe (R.Br.) Praj. & J.Parn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon australe f. typicum Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon australe f. atrichum Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

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