Scirpus cespitosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 48. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae paludibus cespitosis sylvaticis." RCN: 407.

Lectotype (Swan in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 180. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 20 (LAPP) .

Current name: Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm. subsp. cespitosum ( Cyperaceae).