Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 226 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) B. v.s."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1): 98 [basionym]

basionym of: Scirpus acicularis (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 301 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis australica Boeckeler legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 753 [basionym]

basionym of: Iria acicularia (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 594 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 449 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1955), Florae Malesianae Precursores X. Notes on Malaysian and some S.E.Asian Cyperaceae III. Blumea 8(1): 148-149 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "AUSTRALIA. Endeavour River, 1770: Banks & Solander (type) (BM).

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis acuminata var. setacea (Benth.) Miq. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 225 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 589 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis acuminata var. setacea (Benth.) Miq. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 25 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 296, Fig. 43E [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1069, Fig. 315A [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 261, Fig. 59, 60 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus acicularis (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Iriha acicularia Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria acicularia (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis setacea Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Abildgaardia brevifolia Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Isolepis cochleata Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis acuminata var. setacea (Benth.) Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis acuminata var. β minor Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis setacea var. brevifolia (Steud.) C.B.Clarke legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis australica Boeckeler legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis decumbens Boeckeler legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2601 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus acicularis. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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