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. "NORTHERN TERRITORY: North Coast, R.Brown (Bennett 5899); holo BM; iso BRI (fragm.).", (ref.: K.L.Wilson, Telopea 4(3) (1991) 448).

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72 [secondary reference]

• Text: In ossa prope oppidulum Perth, Januar. a. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1812.

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 274 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 280 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus congestus Vahl legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72

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

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 448 [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: 19 [basionym]

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

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55 [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: 455-456 [secondary reference]

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

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 508 [secondary reference]

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

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

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]

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 448 [secondary reference]

• Type: NORTHERN TERRITORY: North Coast, R.Brown (Bennett 5899); holo BM; iso BRI (fragm.).

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus carinatus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus holoschoenus R.Br. legitimate by Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 117

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 461-462, Figs 22e, 23j-l [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fucosus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 274

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fucosus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1742

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fucosus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 448 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus congestus Vahl legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 447 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus viscidulus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 274

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus viscidulus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 439 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus orgadophilus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 455-456

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1046-1047 [secondary reference]

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]

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Mariscus carinatus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus holoschoenus R.Br. legitimate by Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 117

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus orgadophilus K.L.Wilson legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 455-456

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

misapplied to: Cyperus rotundus L. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72

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: 274

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus fulvus R.Br. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 448

[pro parte misapplied]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus rotundus L. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72

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