Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 39 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "India orientalis."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 277 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus xanthopus Steud. legitimate

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): 431 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus xanthopus Steud. legitimate

Stapf, O. & Haines, H.H. in Haines, H.H. (1924), The Botany of Bihar and Orissa 5: 898 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 144-146 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus xanthopus Steud. legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 610 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Cyperaceae Tribe Cypereae of Ceylon. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 136 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama legitimate

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

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 3 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 312, Fig. 44J [secondary reference]

common name: Flatsedge [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1050-1052 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama legitimate

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