Valckenier Suringar, J. (1898), Het geslacht Cyperus (sensu amplo) in den Maleischen Archipel: 50, t. II, fig. 8 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Kyllinga melanosperma Nees legitimate

Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 162 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kyllinga melanosperma Nees legitimate

Anonymous (1978), Annual Report for 1977/78. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 20 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kyllingia melanosperma Nees orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Kyllinga melanosperma Nees legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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