Vahl, M.(H.) (1805), Enumeratio Plantarum 2: 351 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India orientali. Ex herbario Lamarckii."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1834), Uebersicht der Cyperaceengattungen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 9: 283 [basionym]

basionym of: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate

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]

Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (September 1893), Cyperaceae. The Flora of British India 6(19): 590 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees ex C.B.Clarke isonym

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 418 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 385-388 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis var. β microstachyus Boeckeler legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1940), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51(5): 41 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus areolatus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus var. [zeta] areolatus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate misapplication: Cyperus flavescens L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 259

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 146-147, Fig. 200 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg.

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 78 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 646-647 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 147 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus var. [zeta] areolatus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 328, Fig. 48D [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg.

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 355 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg.

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Cyperus. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 90 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg.

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 304, Fig. 61i-j [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg.

Kukkonen, I. (November 1995), (1192-1193) Two proposals to conserve species names in Cyperaceae. Taxon 44: 625-626 [secondary reference]

• Type: "[India, Uttar Pradesh] NW Himalaya, Distr. Tehri-Garhwal, 3000 ft., Oct. 1894, J. S. Gamble 15117 (L No. 951.65-240), typ, cons. prop."

• Text: "Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 351. Oct-Dec 1805 [Cyper.]. nom. cons. prop."

Brummitt, R.K. (1998), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 47. Taxon 47: 864 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(1192) Conserve Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl (Cyperaceae) with a new type ... Votes: 11 : 1 (recommended)."

Nicolson, D.H. (May 1999), Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48(2): 376 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... the following proposals are here approved: ... (1192) Cyperus sanguinolentus..."

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

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg. common name: Flat-sedge [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees ex C.B.Clarke isonym nomenclatural synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus var. typicus Domin nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl var. sanguinolentus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl f. sanguinolentus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis Vahl nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus areolatus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus atratus Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis var. cyrtostachys Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis var. β microstachyus Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis var. pauperata J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus eragrostis var. minor Ewart legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus f. setaceus Kük. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus var. [zeta] areolatus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Pycreus sanguinolentus var. cyrtostachys (Miq.) Domin legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus f. cyrtostachys (Miq.) Kük. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sanguinolentus subsp. cyrtostachys (Miq.) J.Kern legitimate doubtful pro parte misapplication: Cyperus flavescens L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 259

• APC Comment: The status of this species in Tas is uncertain, and it may represent an introduction.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Wiersema, J.H., McNeill, J., Turland, N.J., Barrie, F.R., Buck, W.R., Demoulin, V., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Marhold, K., Prado, J., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Smith, G.F. (ed.) (2015), International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Melbourne Code): Appendices II-VII. Regnum Vegetabile 157: 385 [secondary reference]

• Text: "type. cons."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 85 [secondary reference]

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