Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 91 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis, Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1793."

Kükenthal, G. (1941), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. X. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 50: 45 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br. legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 252-253, Fig. 39 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): WESTERN AUSTRALIA: in regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis [Interior regions of southern Western Australia, possibly near Cape Riche], Nov. 1840, Preiss [Pl. Preissianae No. 1793] (lecto: LD; isolecto: MEL 2295080).

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, R.L. (6 November 2012), Description of six Lepidosperma species (Cyperaceae) based on type specimens. Nuytsia 22(5): 316-319, Figs 6e (map), 15, 16 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin fimbriatus (fringed) in reference to the prominent hairs on the margins of the culms and leaves."

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