Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 93 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis, Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1772."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 378 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Clarke, C.B. (1908), New genera and species of Cyperaceae. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Additional Series 8: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesomelaena uncinata (Nees) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 479 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena uncinata (Nees) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 52 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 192 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees subsp. stygia legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees subsp. stygia legitimate

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