Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 279 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Vauthiera australis A.Rich. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(79): 24 [secondary reference]

Cheeseman, T.F. (1906), Cyperaceae. Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 1: 789 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cladium vautheria C.B.Clarke nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 235-236, Fig. 6 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Vauthiera australis A.Rich. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Vauthiera australis A.Rich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cladium vautheria C.B.Clarke nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Cladium australe (A.Rich.) Druce legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Machaerina australis (A.Rich.) T.Koyama legitimate

• APC Comment: A New Zealand taxon recorded by F. von Mueller, Prodr. 9: 24 (1875), but not known to occur in Australia. This record may refer to either L. neesii Kunth or L. quadrangulatum A.A.Ham. (R.L.Barrett, pers. comm., Feb. 2012).

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