Schoenus thermalis Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 179. 1771.

"Habitat ad aquas calidas Capitis b. spei, juxta montes nigros." RCN: 372.

Neotype (Archer in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 180. 2004): South Africa. Western Cape, Caledon district, Kogelberg Research Site, 7 Sep 1976, Durand 149 (PRE; iso- NBG).

Current name: Tetraria thermalis (L.) C.B. Clarke ( Cyperaceae).