Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 117 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Summit of Mt. Leake, Lady Forrest Range (W.V.F.)."

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 421 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: summit of Mt Leake, Lady Forrest Range, W.V.Fitzgerald 1201, July 1905; lecto PERTH (here designated); isolecto: CANB,NSW).",

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 421 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Cyperus astartodes K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus astartodes K.L.Wilson legitimate

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