Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 102 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Tasmania, Gunn (mixed with U. tenella)."

Clarke, C.B. (September 1883), On Hemicarex, Benth., and its allies. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 20(129): 395 [basionym]

basionym of: Uncinia compacta var. nervosa (Boott) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 251 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Uncinia compacta R.Br. legitimate

Kern, J.H. & Nooteboom, H.P. (1979), Cyperaceae — II. Flora Malesiana Series I 9(1): 186 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Uncinia compacta var. nervosa (Boott) C.B.Clarke 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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Uncinia compacta var. nervosa (Boott) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Uncinia. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 142-143, Fig. 46 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Uncinia compacta var. nervosa (Boott) C.B.Clarke legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Uncinia compacta var. nervosa (Boott) C.B.Clarke legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

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

taxonomic synonym of: Carex cheesemanniana (Boeckeler) K.A.Ford legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 88 [secondary reference]

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