Schoenus fuscus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1664. 1763.

"Habitat in Sveciae, Angliae, Italiae palustribus caespitosis." RCN: 364.

Lectotype (Simpson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 179. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 68.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T. Aiton ( Cyperaceae).