Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(73): 30 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chaetospora elongata Nees legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 380-381 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mesomelaena anceps (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 60 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gymnoschoenus anceps (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

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