Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 405 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Chapelliera laxa Nees legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 128 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 14 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 166 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cladium gracile J.M.Black legitimate

Koyama, T. (1956), Taxonomic Study of Cyperaceae V. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 69: 64 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Machaerina laxa (Nees) T.Koyama legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 76 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Machaerina laxa (Nees) T.Koyama legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 275 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Baumea laxa (Nees) Boeckeler legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Baumea laxa (Nees) Boeckeler legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Baumea laxa (Nees) Boeckeler legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Machaerina laxa (Nees) T.Koyama legitimate

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