Schumann, K. in Warburg, O. (1890), Cyperaceae, in Beitrage zur Kenntnis der papuanischen Flora. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13(2): 265 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypaelyptum macrocephalum Gaudich. legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1947), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, VII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58(2): 48 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 470-471 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 569 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hypaelyptum macrocephalum Gaudich. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lepironia macrocephala (Gaudich.) Miq. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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