Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 273 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Attack Creek, M'Dougall Stuart. Queensland. Maranoa, Woolls; Barcoo Downs, Schmidt, Birch; Armadillo, Barton."

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. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 589 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 428, Fig. 99 [secondary reference]

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

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 452-453 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 144-145 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus clelandii J.M.Black legitimate

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]

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 261 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 158 [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: 506-507, Fig. 638D [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]

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 459-460, Figs 22d, 23g-i APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "QUEENSLAND: Bowen Downs, Birch; lecto K (here designated); isolecto: BRI,MEL.",

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus clelandii J.M.Black legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus diphyllus Retz. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 457 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus betchei subsp. commiscens K.L.Wilson legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 428, Fig. 99

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 457-459, Fig. 24a [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus betchei subsp. commiscens 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): 457 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus betchei subsp. commiscens K.L.Wilson legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 452-453

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus betchei subsp. commiscens K.L.Wilson legitimate by Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 506-507, Fig. 638D

[pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus betchei subsp. commiscens K.L.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 456 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus betchei (Kük.) S.T.Blake subsp. betchei legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 448

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 445 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus ixiocarpus F.Muell. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55

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

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 348-349 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus clelandii J.M.Black 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: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus ixiocarpus F.Muell. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 55

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus alterniflorus f. Oodnadatta (K.L.Wilson 4612) K.L.Wilson [n/a] by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 261

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