Scirpus corymbosus Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 7. 1756.
"Habitat in India ." RCN: 431.
Lectotype (Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 150. 1995): Herb. Linn. No. 71.48 (LINN) .
Current name: Rhynchospora corymhosa (L.) Britton ( Cyperaceae).