Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 237 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 416 [basionym]

basionym of: Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 129 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 755 [basionym]

basionym of: Mariscus deustus (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 249 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Südaustralien (R. Brown, no. 6051, It. Austr., Typus; BM, E, K)"

Benl, G. (1940), Die Systematik der Gattung Gahnia Forst. Botanisches Archiv: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Botanik 40: 249 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1943), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae XIII. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 52(1): 106 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 283 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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