Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 121 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Artesian Range (W.V.F.)

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 13 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 204 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 225 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1037 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Actinoschoenus sp. B [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Actinoschoenus sp. B Kimberley Flora (G.J.Keighery 2649) WA Herbarium [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Actinoschoenus sp. B Kimberley Flora (G.J.Keighery 2649) WA Herbarium [n/a]

Rye, B.L., Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., Bruhl, J.J., Clarke, K.L. & Wilson, K.L. (3 November 2015), Five new species and a new combination in Cyperaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 171 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): Artesian Range, near Walcott Inlet, Western Australia, August 1905, W.V. Fitzgerald 1368 (lecto: PERTH 01031120; isolecto: BM 000990865 image seen, BRI AQ0340989 image seen, NSW 696918, NSW 696919, PERTH 01031104, PERTH 01031112)."

• Etymology: "The epithet is from the genus Arthrostylis R.Br. with the Greek termination -oides (like), in reference to the similar appearance of this species to that genus."

Rye, B.L., Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., Bruhl, J.J., Clarke, K.L. & Wilson, K.L. (3 November 2015), Five new species and a new combination in Cyperaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 171 [basionym]

basionym of: Actinoschoenus arthrostyloides (W.Fitzg.) K.L.Clarke, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl legitimate

Larridon, I., Zuntini, A.R., Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L., Bruhl, J.J., Goetghebeur, P., Baker, W.J., Brewer, G.E., Epitawalage, N., Fairlie, I., Forest, F., Sabino Kikuchi, I.A.B., Pokorny, L., Semmouri, I., Spalink, D., Simpson, D.A., Muasya, A.M. & Roalson, E.H. (4 January 2021), Resolving generic limits in Cyperaceae tribe Abildgaardieae using targeted sequencing. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 181 [basionym]

basionym of: Scleroschoenus arthrostyloides (W.Fitzg.) K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl legitimate

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