Kunth, K.S. in Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von, Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. (1816), Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Quarto, 1(3): 204 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in ripa arenosa, sole exusta fluminis Orinoci prope Maypures, Atures et Carichana, alt. 60–90 hexap. Floret Junio."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 268 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Cyperus squarrosus L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 262

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 589, Fig. 571 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 261-264 [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]

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]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 629-630 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 641 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus aristatus Rottb. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 143-144 [secondary reference]

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

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

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1049-1050 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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