Kükenthal, G. (1939), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 47: 211, 216 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Carpha graciliceps C.B.Clarke legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 186 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Ptilanthelium gracilipes Kük. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena graciliceps (C.B.Clarke) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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