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): 344 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia: Rockingham Bay (F. Müller)."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 282 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus inornatus Boeckeler legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 591 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 443 [basionym]

basionym of: Mariscus gunnii var. novae-hollandiae (Boeckeler) Domin legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 450 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus gunnii var. novae-hollandiae (Boeckeler) Kük. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 465 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "QUEENSLAND: North Kennedy: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy [given in protologue as 'Rockingham Bay, F.Mueller' ]; lecto MEL (here designated); isolecto: K, MEL, ?P.",

Wilson, K.L. (27 September 1991), Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (Cyperaceae). Telopea 4(3): 465 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus gunnii subsp. novae-hollandiae (Boeckeler) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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