Boeckeler, J.O. (1875), Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Cyperaceen-Flora Neuholland's und einiger polynesischer Inseln. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 58(6): 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensl. Lake Elphinstone (Am. D.)" [given by Kükenthal, Das Pflanzenr. 101 (1936) 481 as "... A. Dietrich n. 5918"]. "QUEENSLAND: Lake Elphinstone, Dietrich s.n.; holo B, as 'Dietrich 591' fide Blake; n.v.", (ref.: K.L.Wilson, Telopea 4(3) (1991) 482."

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 481 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1940), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51(5): 43 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1940), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51(5): 43 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus fulvus var. densespiculatus (Domin) Kük. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 24 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyperus fulvus R.Br. legitimate

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