Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 233 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Schoenus tetragonus (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 379 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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

• Lectotype: "King George Sound (R.Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No. 6018"

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 55 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 192 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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