Kükenthal, G. in Fries, K.R.E. & Rosen, E. von (1921), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Rhodesia-Kongo-Expedition 1911-1912 1-ergänzungsheft: 2 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Cyperus subaphyllus Boeckeler ex Schinz legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 325 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 506 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus laevigatus L. legitimate

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