Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (T.) v.v. QUEENSLAND: Shoalwater Bay, East Coast, R.Brown (Bennett 5898); holo BM.", (ref.: K.L.Wilson, Telopea 4(3) (1991) 466).

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 275 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus pictus Steud. nom. illeg.

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

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1742 [secondary reference]

Clarke, C.B. (1908), New genera and species of Cyperaceae. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Additional Series 8: 18 [basionym]

basionym of: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 589 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 441 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 435 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus laetus C.B.Clarke nom. illeg. by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 275

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 455 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cyperus alternifolius Steud. orth. var.

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 156-157 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 11 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 509, Fig. 638H [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 39 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 466 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 349 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate common name: Umbrella Sedge [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Cyperus alternifolius Steud. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus alterniflorus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus pictus Steud. nom. illeg. pro parte misapplication: Cyperus fulvus R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 274 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 90 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus rutilans (C.B.Clarke) Maiden & Betche legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 455 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 449-450 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus rutilans (C.B.Clarke) Maiden & Betche legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 145 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus rutilans (C.B.Clarke) Maiden & Betche legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1943), Critical notes on the Gramineae and Cyperaceae of South Australia with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67: 53 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 267

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fulvus R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 275

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fulvus R.Br. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1742

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