Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(9): 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Victoriae."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 302 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 274

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 rhyticarya (F.Muell.) 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): 450 [basionym]

basionym of: Fimbristylis nutans var. rhyticarya (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 320 [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): 225 [secondary reference]

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

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 3 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1085-1086, Fig. 315L [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl legitimate

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