Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 239 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.D.) v.v."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxii [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Cladium melanocarpum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 413 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium melanocarpum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxii

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 755 [basionym]

basionym of: Mariscus melanocarpus (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 250 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxii

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 600 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 481 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxii

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 194 [secondary reference]

• Type: "It. Austr., no. 6060, 1802/05, typus; BM"

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium melanocarpum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 72 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium melanocarpum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus melanocarpus (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 99 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 502-503 [secondary reference]

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

Buchanan, A.M., McGeary-Brown, A. & Orchard, A.E (1989), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 47 [secondary reference]

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

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

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Gahnia. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 135 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

common name: Black-fruit Saw-sedge [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium melanocarpum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus melanocarpus (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic

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

misapplied to: Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): lxxxii

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

misapplied to: Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake legitimate by Buchanan, A.M., McGeary-Brown, A. & Orchard, A.E (1989), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 47

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 85 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake legitimate by Buchanan, A.M., McGeary-Brown, A. & Orchard, A.E (1989), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 47

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