Rottboell, C.F. (October 1772), Descriptiones Plantarum Rariorum: 20 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "E suriname attulit Dominus Rolander,"

Rottboell, C.F. (1773), Descriptionum et Iconum Rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas: 35, t. VI. fig. 5 [secondary reference]

Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 43 [secondary reference]

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 174-175 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus surinamensis Rottb. var. surinamensis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus sieberianus Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus microcephalus Nees ex Kunth nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus surinamensis var. β lutescens Boeckeler legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)

Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25: 16 [secondary reference]

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