Retzius, A.J. (1788), Observationes Botanicae 5: 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in nemorosis Tschandranconae. D. KÖNIG."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus pulchellus R.Br. legitimate

• Comment: Mueller lists "Cyperus pulchellus = C. leucocephalus ...". Since Cyperus pulchellus R.Br. was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 125 of the Systematic Census (1882), C. leucocephalus Retz. is here treated as being a newly accepted name in this Supplement.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 210 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 420 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus pulchellus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sorostachys kyllingioides Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sorostachys Boeckeler nom. illeg.

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 278 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus pulchellus R.Br. legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 632 [secondary reference]

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