Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (23 October 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1): 252 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chaetospora stygia R.Br. legitimate

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 78 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 128 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 479 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 52 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

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