Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 255 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

• Comment: non Smith (1809)

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 123 [secondary reference]

Britten, J. (1900), Note on Eriocaulon. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 38: 482 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Eriocaulon brunonis Britten legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 584 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 19 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 29 [secondary reference]

Leach, G.J. (9 November 2000), Notes and new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 771 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: '(T.) v.v.' Lectotype (here designated): s.loc., R.Brown s.n.; BM (second and last individuals from left; sheet labelled by Bennett as No. 5824)); isolectotype: K (left hand individual).

Leach, G.J. (9 November 2000), Notes and new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 771 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriocaulon brunonis Britten legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriocaulon brunonis Britten legitimate

Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 246 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriocaulon spectabile F.Muell. legitimate

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