Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 44 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Jamaicae rivulus."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Curae Posteriores. Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(2): 28 [secondary reference]

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): xlvii [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 278 [secondary reference]

• Text: "N. Australia. Port Essington, Armstrong."

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

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 434 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Cyperus diphyllus Retz. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus diphyllus Retz. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125

• Text: "Nord-Australien: Port Essington (ARMSTRONG No. 568...)

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 80 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 278

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 434

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 224 [secondary reference]

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 131 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 23 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 278

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 278

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