Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 407 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart. Victoria. Goulburn and Upper Hume Rivers, F. Mueller."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 600 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 273 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladium teretifolium var. planifolium (Benth.) Domin legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1942), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. XIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 51: 169 [basionym]

basionym of: Cladium teretifolium f. planifolium (Benth.) Kük. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 318 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Baumea planifolia K.L.Wilson nom. inval.

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 274 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Baumea planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (26 April 1994), New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. Telopea 5(4): 589 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: NEW SOUTH WALES: Northern Tablelands: New England, C. Stuart; lecto (here chosen) K.

Wilson, K.L. (26 April 1994), New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. Telopea 5(4): 589 [basionym]

basionym of: Baumea planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Baumea planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (26 June 2015), Two new species and three new combinations in Cyperaceae of New Caledonia and Australia. Telopea 18: 130 [basionym]

basionym of: Machaerina planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Machaerina planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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