Carex lanceolata Boott, Narr. Exped. China Japan [Perry] 2: 326. 1856. Type:— JAPAN. s. loc., Jul. 1855, J. Morrow 3 (holotype: K-000960915!).

Carex lanceolata Boott var. macrosandra Franchet (1897: 169) . ≡ C. pediformis C.A. Mey. var. macrosandra (Franch.) C.B. Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 303. 1904. ≡ C. macrosandra (Franch.) V.I. Kreczetowicz (1946: 189) . syn. nov. Type:— CHINA. Hupeh [Hubei], Ichang [Yichang], Henry 1288 (Lectotype here designated: K-000960920!; isolectorypes: P-00284711!, P-00284712!). CHINA. Hupeh [Hubei], Ichang [Yichang], Henry 7846 (syntype: K-000960921!).