Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 325 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Angliae, Galliae, Italiae maritimis paludosis."

Black, J.M. (1940), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 39. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 371 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 183 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 481 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 176 [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Rush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 22 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47 [secondary reference]

Snogerup, S. (1993), A revision of Juncus subgen. Juncus (Juncaceae). Willdenowia 23: 34, Fig. 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "LINN 449: 1, left hand specimen (!)"

Kirschner, J. (2002), Juncaceae 2: Juncus subg. Juncus. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 7: 6 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in SA and Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

common name: Spiny Rush [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Sharp Rush [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 90 [secondary reference]

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