Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 272 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Kyllinga alata Nees legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 611 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga allata Nees orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga alata Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kyllingia alata Nees nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: An African taxon, now referred to Kyllinga alba Nees subsp. alba, recorded by F.Mueller, Fragm. 8(65) 272 (1874), but not known to occur in Australia.

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