Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(7): 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond Coll. III. 334. N. Holl."

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 427 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus cruciformis Boeckeler nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus vaginatus var. densiflorus Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus textilis Thunb. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 261 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus textilis Thunb. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (May 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74): 53 pro parte misapplication: Cyperus vaginatus R.Br. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 190 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus vaginatus subsp. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Kük. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 143, Fig. 194 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus vaginatus var. densiflorus Benth. legitimate

Probst, R. (1949), Wolladventivflora Mitteleuropas: 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus vaginatus var. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Probst legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 161 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Flat-sedge [n/a] common name: Spiny Sedge [n/a]

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: 503, Fig. 637A [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus vaginatus subsp. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Kük. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [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]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 879 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus vaginatus var. densiflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Spiny Flat-sedge [n/a]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 310, Fig. 44E [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Flatsedge [n/a]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 339-340 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 294-295, Fig. 61a-b [secondary reference]

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

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus vaginatus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. common name: Spiny Sedge [n/a] common name: Spiny flat-sedge [n/a]

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]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus vaginatus subsp. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Kük. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus vaginatus var. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Probst legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus cruciformis Boeckeler nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus vaginatus var. densiflorus Benth. legitimate misapplication: Cyperus textilis Thunb. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (May 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74): 53

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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