Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 111 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Gahnia fitzgeraldii F.Muell. ex Rodway legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Gahnia. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 134 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia microstachya Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia microstachya Benth. legitimate

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