Kükenthal, G. (1940), Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. VIII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 53 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "West-Australien: Zwischen den Arrowsmith – und Irwin – Rivers XI.1877 (F. Mueller! in herb. Phytol. Mus. Melbourne.)"

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

basionym of: Mesomelaena stygia subsp. deflexa (Kük.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena stygia subsp. deflexa (Kük.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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