Fitzgerald, W.V. (16 June 1906), Some species of West Kimberley plants. Further Botanical References. The Western Mail 21(1068): 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Crosslandia setifolia W.Fitzg.

• Etymology: "...out of compliment to Mr Charles Crossland, who had charge of the Kimberley survey expedition of last year."
• Comment: Although a separate description is not given for the genus the name is validly published by provision of a brief description for the single species (descriptio generico-specifica; ICN Art. 38.5 (Shenzhen Code, 2018)).

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1041 [secondary reference]

Goetghebeur, P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Cyperaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 167 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 230 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Roalson, E.H., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J. & Larridon, I. (26 March 2019), Crosslandia setifolia is a partly monoecious species of Fimbristylis (Abildgaardieae: Cyperaceae). Phytotaxa 399(2): 163 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis Vahl nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis Vahl nom. cons.

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