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

• Type: "(T.) 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: "R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 Nr. 5919"

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 297 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus gracilis var. enervis (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1940), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51(5): 39 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus gracilis var. enervis (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus enervis var. fallax Domin legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 146 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyperus rigidellus (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 490-491 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus debilis R.Br. legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 316, Fig. 45O [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus debilis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus enervis var. fallax Domin legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 344 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 569 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Cyperus rigidellus (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus enervis R.Br. var. enervis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus gracilis var. enervis (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus debilis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus enervis var. fallax Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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

misapplied to: Cyperus rigidellus (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89

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