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: 269 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus trinervis R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 423 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Carpentaria (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 Nr. 5915 ...)"

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus macellus Kunth legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus trinervis R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 269

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 294 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus trinervis var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus trinervis var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

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]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 315, Fig. 45I [secondary reference]

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

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 342 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 295-296 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Lax Flat-sedge [n/a]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus macellus Kunth legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus trinervis var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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