Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 415 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond, n. 102, 253"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladium polyphyllum (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mariscus polyphyllus Kuntze nom. illeg.

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 246 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Westaustralien: Swan River (J. DRUMMOND, no. 353, Typus; BM, K, Kk, Ml, P. – idem, no. 102: K).

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium polyphyllum (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Schoenus drummondii Steud. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 109-110 [secondary reference]

• Type: "West-Australien: Swan River (J.Drummond n.102, 353! in herb. mus. vindob.). - Bentham cites the Drummond plant as n. 253."

nomenclatural synonym: Cladium polyphyllum (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Schoenus drummondii Steud. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (March 1980), Notes on some Australian species of Cyperaceae. Telopea 1(6): 465 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "LECTOTYPE: Swan River, Drummond 253, 1848 (K). ISOLECTOTYPE: P. Benl (1940) designated Drummond 353 as the lectotype of this name but his lectotypification must be set aside since Bentham did not cite that collection with the original description. "

Wilson, K.L. (March 1980), Notes on some Australian species of Cyperaceae. Telopea 1(6): 465 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia drummondii (Steud.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 41 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia drummondii (Steud.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gahnia drummondii (Steud.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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