Cyperaceae Juss.
Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill. , legitimate, scientific
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(2-4): 15, t. 12 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: In capite Van-Diemen.
Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 506 [secondary reference]
Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1834), Uebersicht der Cyperaceengattungen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 9: 302 BHL [secondary reference]
Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 320 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Lepidosperma sieberi Kunth legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1834), Uebersicht der Cyperaceengattungen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 9: 302
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 20 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 93 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 387 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepidosperma ensatum Nees legitimate
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 390 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Lepidosperma concavum R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 128, 143 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 246 BHL [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 97 [secondary reference]
common name: Sword Rush [n/a]
Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 13 [secondary reference]
Kükenthal, G. (1941), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. X. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 50: 28-29 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepidosperma ensatum Nees legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 162, Fig. 217 [secondary reference]
common name: Sword Rush [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 15 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 42 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 888 [secondary reference]
common name: Coast Sword-sedge [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 310 [secondary reference]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Lepidosperma. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 125-126, Fig. 39 [secondary reference]
Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 263, Fig. 56e-f [secondary reference]
common name: Coast Sword-sedge [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 281 [secondary reference]
common name: Coast Sword-sedge [n/a]
Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012), A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 255-256, Fig. 44 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: (here designated): ?WESTERN AUSTRALIA or TASMANIA: Labillardière (lecto: FI-W 191246 (photo BRI AQ0477941, K, NSW); isolecto: B-W 01086-010, BRI AQ0341347 (fragment ex FI-W), FI-W 191247 (photo BRI AQ0477941, K, NSW), FI-W 191248 (photo BRI AQ0477941, K, NSW), G (2 sheets); P 00603276, P 00603277, TCD).
orthographic variant: Lepidosperma gladiata Labill. orth. var.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Lepidosperma gladiata Labill. orth. var. orthographic variant: Lepidotosperma gladiatum Roem. & Schult. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Lepidosperma ensatum Nees legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas
Barrett, R.L. (6 November 2012), Description of six Lepidosperma species (Cyperaceae) based on type specimens. Nuytsia 22(5): 297-303, Figs 1-5, 6A (map) [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Lepidosperma gladiata Labill. orth. var. common name: Sword Sedge [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin gladius (sword), in reference to the leaf blades being sword-shaped, giving rise to the common name of Sword Sedge."
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 5 (photo) [secondary reference]
common name: Coastal Sword Sedge [n/a] common name: Kerbein [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 192-193, photos 11-13 [secondary reference]
common name: Coastal Sword Sedge [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 86 [secondary reference]