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

• Type: "West Australien: Swan River (Drummond n. 351!, 894! in herb. mus. vindob.); bei Perth 15. IV. 1839 (Preiss n. 1760! 1761!); bei Freemantle 24.XII.1938 (Preiss n. 1786!); unweit Station Subiaco 12.XI.1900 (L.Diels n. 1465!); Cockburne Sound, Serpentine, 15. V. 1901 (Diels n. 2841!); Mogumber XII. 1929 (Meebold n. 6663!)."

Wilson, K.L. (21 August 1981), Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea 2(2): 190 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Mogumber, Meebold 6663, xii. 1929 (B)."

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

basionym of: Mesomelaena pseudostygia (Kük.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesomelaena pseudostygia (Kük.) K.L.Wilson legitimate

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