Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 214 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 269 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 22"

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 589 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 424 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "N.S. Wales: R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 5913"

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 220 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 491 [secondary reference]

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

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 322, Fig. 46K [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 341 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 569 [secondary reference]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus tetraphyllus R.Br. var. tetraphyllus legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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