Vahl, M.(H.) (1805), Enumeratio Plantarum 2: 286 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus schoenoides Retz. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 454 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus schoenoides Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis subbulbosa Benth. nom. illeg.

Blake, S.T. (1947), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58(2): 45 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 206 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1969), Studies in Cyperaceae. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 8: 12-13 [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]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 573-574 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis longifolia S.T.Blake legitimate

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]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus schoenoides Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis longifolia S.T.Blake legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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

misapplied to: Fimbristylis tristachya R.Br. legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1947), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58(2): 45

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