Kükenthal, G. (1940), Neue Cyperaceen aus dem Malayischen und Papuanischen Gebiet 1. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 16: 311 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Baumea crassa Thwaites legitimate

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

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Baumea rubiginosa (Spreng.) Boeckeler legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Machaerina rubiginosa (Spreng.) T.Koyama legitimate

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