Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 88 [tax. nov.]

• Type: In paludosis haud procul ab Halfwayhouse, Darling's-range, Sept. a. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1791.

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

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

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

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

Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 54 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesomelaena stygia var. preissii (Nees) Kük. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 188 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: In paludosis haud longe a Halfwayhouse, Darlings-range, Preiss 1791, ix. 1839 (LD). ISOLECTOTYPES: BM, MEL (2 sheets), P.

nomenclatural synonym: Mesomelaena stygia var. preissii (Nees) Kük. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 42 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 892-893 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Mesomelaena stygia var. preissii (Nees) Kük. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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