Benl, G. (1938), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis: 196, t. CCXLVII. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (many specimens cited from Victoria, New South Wales and New Guinea without indication of a type).

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum var. microcarpa C.B.Clarke ex Benl [default]

• Comment: Published by Benl with a description in German only in Flora 131 (1937) 382.

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 220 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Sutherland (A. MEEBOLD, no. 2650, II. 1929, Typus; M)"

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 78-80 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum var. erythrocarpa (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 255 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia psittacorum Labill. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 526 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum var. microcarpa Domin nom. inval., pro syn.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 503 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 77 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum f. leucosperma Benl legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1969), Studies in Cyperaceae. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 8: 32 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 707 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia sieberiana Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum var. microcarpa Domin nom. inval., pro syn.

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 340, Fig. 51E [secondary reference]

common name: Tall Sawsedge [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 324 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 281-282, Fig. 59b [secondary reference]

common name: Tall Saw-sedge [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Gahnia psittacorum var. microcarpa C.B.Clarke ex Benl [default] misapplication: Gahnia psittacorum Labill. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 185 misapplication: Gahnia psittacorum Labill. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 169

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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