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): 286 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. Morthern Island; top of the Ruahine mountains, Colenso. Middle Island, Lyall."

Jackson, B.D. (19 October 1895), Index Kewensis 2(4): 1145 [secondary reference]

Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 257 [secondary reference]

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

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 439 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Uncinia debilior F.Muell. 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: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Uncinia debilior F.Muell. legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 257

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

misapplied to: Carex debilior (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 257

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