Scirpus triqueter Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 83; Mantissa Plantarum: 29. 1767.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 419.

Lectotype (Simpson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 181. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 71.29 (LINN) . - Epitype (Simpson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 181. 2004): France. Avignon, Bagatelle, bords du Rhône, Jul 1822, Palun s.n. (MPU).

Current name: Schoenoplectus triqueter L. ( Cyperaceae).