Hasskarl, J.C. (October 1844), Catalogus Plantarum in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi Cultarum Alter: 24 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 600-604 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus monocephalus F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 147 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kyllinga intermedia R.Br. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 76-78 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 656-658 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 163 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 730 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 12 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

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

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]

common name: Mullumbimby couch [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 24 [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: 878 [secondary reference]

common name: Kyllinga Weed [n/a]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 330, Fig. 48H [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1046 [secondary reference]

common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 356 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 431 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 305 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 205 [secondary reference]

common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 569 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 24, Fig. 23 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate

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

common name: Globe Kyllinga [n/a] common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate common name: Mullumbimby Couch [n/a]

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

common name: Kyllinga Weed [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Kyllingia brevifolia Nees orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk. var. brevifolius legitimate taxonomic synonym: Schoenus coloratus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kyllingia colorata Druce orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Kyllinga colorata (L.) Druce legitimate misapplication: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 251 misapplication: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 18 misapplication: Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 128 misapplication: Cyperus kyllingia Endl. legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 606-608

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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