Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 434 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 9, pl. II [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. amaliae C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. pallidus Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii (Nees) Kük. legitimate by Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 114

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 203 [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): 607 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 133 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 25 [secondary reference]

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 311, Fig. 44M [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1056-1057 [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]

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: Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. pallidus Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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