Clarke, C.B. (1908), New genera and species of Cyperaceae. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Additional Series 8: 48 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lepidosperma uncinatum Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lepidosperma uncinatum Nees legitimate

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: 52 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

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

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 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

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