Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 195 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Carpha deusta R.Br. legitimate

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

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

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 469 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carpha deusta R.Br. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1939), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 47: 215 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilanthelium deustum (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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