Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 213 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 266 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [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): 421 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Hawkesbury (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 Nr. 5921"

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 420 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus mirus C.B.Clarke legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 296 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1940), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51(5): 40 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus mirus C.B.Clarke legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 266

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus enervis R.Br. legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 316 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus enervis R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus enervis R.Br. legitimate

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