Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 92, t. 147B [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(Gunn, 576) ... Penquite, near Launceston, Gunn – (Fl. April.)"

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 394 [basionym]

basionym of: Lepidosperma laterale var. angustum Benth. nom. illeg.

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 246 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1941), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. X. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 50: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma laterale var. angustum Benth. nom. illeg.

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Lepidosperma. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 124 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 234, Fig. 4 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): TASMANIA: Penquite, Launceston, 29 April 1845, Gunn 576 (lecto: K; isolecto: HO 135554, ?NSW 517068, NSW 517069).

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

orthographic variant: Lepidosperma angustifolia Hook.f. orth. var.

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma lineare R.Br. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 86 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. legitimate

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