Linnaeus, C. (1759), Plantarum Jamaicensium Pugillus: 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Boeckeler, J.O. (January 1870), Die Cyperaceen des Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 36(3): 332 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 476 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus pennatus Lam. legitimate

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

• APC Comment: An African taxon, recorded by J.O.Boeckler, Linnaea 36 (1869), but not known to occur in Australia.

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