Cyperaceae Juss.
Fimbristylis tristachya R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 226 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(T.) v.v."
  • Comment: Index Kewensis, in error, gives p. 227.
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): 98 [basionym]
basionym of: Scirpus tristachyus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 459 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Gulf of Carpentaria (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 5941)."
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 459 [basionym]
basionym of: Fimbristylis ferruginea var. tristachya (R.Br.) Domin legitimate
Kern, J.H. (1955), Florae Malesianae Precursores X. Notes on Malaysian and some S.E.Asian Cyperaceae III. Blumea 8(1): 131-132 [secondary reference]
Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 573 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 15 [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]
Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 185, Fig. 43L [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1090-1091, Fig. 315N [secondary reference]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 377-378 [secondary reference]
Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 270, Fig. 60, 62 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus tristachya Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus tristachyus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis ferruginea var. tristachya (R.Br.) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis macrostachya Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis subbulbosa Benth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Iriha macrostachya Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Iria macrostachya (Boeckeler) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iriha subbulbosa Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Iria subbulbosa (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate misapplication: Fimbristylis schoenoides (Retz.) Vahl legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1947), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58(2): 45
  • APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2608 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus tristachys. 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, NSW