Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 379 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Carpha deusta R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rhynchospora deusta (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Chaetospora deusta (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 597 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chaetospora deusta (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 469 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Carpha deusta R.Br. legitimate

Kükenthal, G. (1939), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 47: 215 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilanthelium deustum (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ptilanthelium deustum (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 336 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilanthelium deustum (R.Br.) Kük. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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