Steudel, E.G. von (1855), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(8-9): 164 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lampocarya setifolia A.Rich. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 71 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lampocarya setifolia A.Rich. legitimate

• APC Comment: A New Zealand taxon, recorded in an Australian context only as the parent of Gahnia setifolia var. xanthocarpa (Hook.f.) Kük. Gahnia setifolia var. xanthocarpa is treated as a synonym of Gahnia xanthocarpa (Hookf.) Hook.f. in Australia.

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