Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 190 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Mesomelaena stygia var. pseudostygia 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: 893 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Mesomelaena stygia var. pseudostygia Kük. legitimate misapplication: Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees legitimate by Clarke, C.B. (1909), Illustrations of Cyperaceae: t. 94 misapplication: Chaetospora stygia R.Br. legitimate by Boeckeler, J.O. (May 1874), Die Cyperaceen den Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 38(3): 294

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 196-197, photos 9-11 [secondary reference]

common name: Semaphore Sedge [n/a]

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