Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 228 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

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): 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Scirpus sericeus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 319 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 126 [secondary reference]

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

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 595 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 459 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Nord-Australien: R.Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 5960"

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sericeus (R.Br.) Poir. 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): 558 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Iria sericea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 41 [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]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1086-1087, Fig. 316L, 318G [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 208 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: ngalany-djudun (Bardi)

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sericea Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sericeus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Iriha sericea Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria sericea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2608 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus sericeus. 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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sericeus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus sericea Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria sericea (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Iriha sericea Kuntze orth. var. misapplication: Fimbristylis argentea (Rottb.) Vahl legitimate by 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: 204

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2608 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus sericeus. 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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