Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 227 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) 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 velatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 309 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis propinqua R.Br. legitimate

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 velata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Cheeseman, T.F. (1906), Cyperaceae. Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 1: 770 [basionym]

basionym of: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 594 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 455 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 92 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 158 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl legitimate

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: 206 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl legitimate

Govindarajalu, E. (1974), Studies in Cyperaceae. VII. New Evidences for the Revalidation of Fimbristylis velata. Reinwardtia 8(4): 509-513 [secondary reference]

• Type: "A specimen collected by Robert Brown at Port Jackson ..."].

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 585 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

common name: Veiled Fringe-rush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa subsp. esquarrosa (Makino) T.Koyama legitimate

Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia: 500 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. esquarrosa Makino 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: 27 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 882 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 297, Fig. 43M [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. esquarrosa Makino legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 378-379 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 332-333 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. esquarrosa Makino legitimate common name: Veiled Fringe-rush [n/a]

Rye, B.L. (10 October 1997), A synopsis of the annual species of Cyperaceae from central and southern Western Australia. Nuytsia 11(3): 409-410, Fig. 7 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Iria velata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. esquarrosa Makino legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 274 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus velatus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Iriha velata Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Iria velata (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. velata (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis propinqua R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus propinqua Poir. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scirpus propinquus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus velata Poir. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa var. esquarrosa Makino legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis makinoana Ohwi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fimbristylis squarrosa subsp. esquarrosa (Makino) T.Koyama legitimate misapplication: Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 303 misapplication: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 92 misapplication: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl legitimate by Black, J.M. (1948), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2 reprint, 1: 158

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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