Rottboell, C.F. (1773), Descriptionum et Iconum Rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas: 20, t. XIV, figs 4-5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Inter semina pro horto nostro a Domino Königio e regione Tranquebarensi missus.

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvii [secondary reference]

Boeckeler, J.O. (March 1868), Die Cyperaceen des Koniglichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 35(5): 494 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 262 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]

Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (September 1893), Cyperaceae. The Flora of British India 6(19): 596 [basionym]

basionym of: Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. in Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. (ed.) (19 June 1904), Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora 2(2), 4: 273 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 588 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 419 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 87 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 312 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 146 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 224 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 634-635 [secondary reference]

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 146 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 162 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Sedge [n/a]

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

Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 506, Fig. 637M [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40, 42 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke 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]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 320, Fig. 46P [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Sedge [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1056 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 348 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 298-299 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (10 October 1997), A synopsis of the annual species of Cyperaceae from central and southern Western Australia. Nuytsia 11(3): 407, Fig. 4 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn. legitimate

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

common name: Dwarf Sedge [n/a] common name: Flat-sedge [n/a]

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

common name: Dwarf Flat-sedge [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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