Willdenow, C.L. (1797), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 1(1): 278 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India. (v.s.)"

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 267 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 588 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 421 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus squarrosus var. stenocarpus F.Muell. legitimate

Hamilton, A.A. in Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), Appendix I: Cyperaceae, Northern Territory. The Flora of the Northern Territory: 288 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 264 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus squarrosus var. stenocarpus F.Muell. legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 320 [secondary reference]

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: 202 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 630 [secondary reference]

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 143 [secondary reference]

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

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 506, Fig. 637K [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 319, Fig. 46F [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 429 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus microcephalus subsp. saxicola K.L.Wilson legitimate by Hamilton, A.A. in Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), Appendix I: Cyperaceae, Northern Territory. The Flora of the Northern Territory: 288

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

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 347-348 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (10 October 1997), A synopsis of the annual species of Cyperaceae from central and southern Western Australia. Nuytsia 11(3): 405, Figs 2, 19 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus castaneus var. brevimucronatus Kük. legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [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: Cyperus castaneus Willd. var. castaneus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus squarrosus var. stenocarpus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus castaneus var. brevimucronatus Kük. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

misapplied to: Cyperus microcephalus subsp. saxicola K.L.Wilson legitimate by Hamilton, A.A. in Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), Appendix I: Cyperaceae, Northern Territory. The Flora of the Northern Territory: 288

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 9 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus castaneus Willd. var. castaneus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus castaneus var. brevimucronatus Kük. legitimate

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