Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. (1838), The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage: 228 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In China, circa Macao et in insulis adiacentibus ; G. H. Vachell, n. 59. Millett."

Merrill, E.D. (1937), The Chinese species described in Meyen's "Observationes Botanicae" (Beitrage zur Botanik). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 18: 60-61 [secondary reference]

Kanehira, R. & Hatusima, S. (1942), The Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 collection of New Guinea Plants. IX. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 56: 208 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cladium chinense Nees nom. inval., nom. nud. isonym: Cladium chinense Nees isonym

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

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