Mueller, F.J.H. von (March 1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 151 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In cacumine montis Goweri insulae Howei; Fullagar et Lind."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 435 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 63 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Uncinia riparia R.Br. legitimate

Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 128 [basionym]

basionym of: Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate

Nooteboom, H.P. (19 February 1979), A taxonomic revision of the Malesian and Australian species of Uncinia (Cyperaceae). Blumea 24(2): 515 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Uncinia compacta R.Br. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 18 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Uncinia astonii Hamlin legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 439-440, Fig. 94G-I [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Uncinia riparia R.Br. legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 63 misapplication: Uncinia filiformis Boott legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 257

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

nomenclatural synonym: Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate misapplication: Uncinia filiformis Boott legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 257 misapplication: Uncinia riparia R.Br. legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1909), Cyperaceae - Caricoideae. Das Pflanzenreich 38: 63

• APC Dist.: LHI

Global Carex Group (2015), Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 30 [basionym]

basionym of: Carex debilior (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carex debilior (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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