Wilson, K.L. (March 1980), Notes on some Australian species of Cyperaceae. Telopea 1(6): 457-458 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "NEW SOUTH WALES: Central Tablelands: Govetts Leap, Blackheath, E.F. Constable 5576A, 10.xii.1964 (NSW). ISOTYPES: BRI, CANB, CHR, K, P."

• Etymology: The epithet is given in recognition of one of Australia's foremost plant taxonomists, Dr. L.A.S. Johnston, whose wide-ranging studies of Australian plants have included Cyperaceae.

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 319 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW

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

Wilson, K.L. (26 June 2015), Two new species and three new combinations in Cyperaceae of New Caledonia and Australia. Telopea 18: 130 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... holo: NSW688397; iso: BRI-AQ311471, CANB2944931, CHR382501B, K883953, P601877."

Wilson, K.L. (26 June 2015), Two new species and three new combinations in Cyperaceae of New Caledonia and Australia. Telopea 18: 130 [basionym]

basionym of: Machaerina johnsonii (K.L.Wilson) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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