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Wilson, K. L. (1981). Revision of the genus Mesomelaena (Cyperaceae). Telopea. 2(2): 181-195.
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Wilson, K. L.
1981
Revision of the genus <i>Mesomelaena</i> (Cyperaceae)
Telopea
2(2): 181-195
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Lectotype LD, geounit Western Australia, identified as Mesomelaena preissii Nees
Holotype B, geounit Western Australia, identified as Mesomelaena stygia var. deflexa Kük.
Lectotype B, geounit Western Australia, identified as Mesomelaena stygia var. pseudostygia Kük.
Isotype P, geounit Western Australia, identified as Lepidosperma uncinatum Nees
Lectotype BM 000798946, geounit Western Australia, identified as Chaetospora stygia R.Br.
Lectotype BM 000798968, geounit Western Australia, identified as Chaetospora tetragona R.Br.
Holotype K 000960092, geounit Western Australia, identified as Carpha graciliceps C.B.Clarke
Holotype P 00603258, geounit Western Australia, identified as Mesomelaena bicapitata Steud.
Isotype MEL 0591164, geounit Western Australia, identified as Lepidosperma uncinatum Nees
 Description

Culms erect at first, often becoming decumbent with age, terete, compressed or sulcate, smooth, without nodes, ... [details]

 Description

Culms erect, terete, without nodes, grey-green, 20-60 cm high, c. 1 mm diam. Leaf-sheaths pink-brown turning ... [details]

 Description

Culms erect, terete, ± smooth, without nodes, light yellow-green, 10-50 cm high, 0.5-1.5 mm diam. Leaf-sheaths ... [details]

 Description

Diagnostic features: Lowest involucraI bract deflexed at about 90° to the culm; culms 0.5-0.7 mm diameter; nut c. ... [details]

 Description

Diagnostic features: Lowest involucral bract erect; culms 0.7-1.5 mm diameter; nut 3.0-3.5 mm long. [details]

 Description

Culms erect, trigonous, ± smooth or scabrous below the inflorescence, I-noded, yellow-green, 30-70 cm high, c. ... [details]

 New combination

New combination as a species - on p. 190 [details]

 New combination

New combination as subspecies in Wilson (1981 p. 192) [details]

 Type designation

The holotype was in B, but was probably destroyed in WW II [details]