Boeckeler, J.O. (May 1874), Die Cyperaceen den Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 38(3): 324 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lepidosperma lineare var. humile Nees legitimate

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: 258-259, Fig. 48 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lepidosperma lineare var. humile Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lepidosperma lineare var. humile Nees legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, R.L. (6 November 2012), Description of six Lepidosperma species (Cyperaceae) based on type specimens. Nuytsia 22(5): 319-322, Figs 6f, 17, 18 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin humilis (small, diminutive, low) and refers to the small stature of the plant relative to other species of this genus."

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