Rottboell, C.F. (1773), Descriptionum et Iconum Rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas: 29, t. V, fig. 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hunc in Aegypto legit B. Professor Forskåhl."

Clarke, C.B. (1884), On the Indian Species of Cyperus. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 21: 152 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate

• Comment: Mueller lists "Cyperus ornatus = C. procerus ...". Since Cyperus ornatus R.Br. was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 125 of the Systematic Census (1882), C. procerus Rottb. 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: 211 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 431 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus heynei Boeckeler legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 91-92 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 611 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 136-138 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 13 [secondary reference]

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]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 312, Fig. 45B [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 345 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 250, Fig. 57 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus ornatus R.Br. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Cyperus heynei Boeckeler legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

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