Schoenus secans Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 865. 1759.

RCN: 7095.

Lectotype (Koyama in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 3: 309. 1979): [icon] "Gramen cyperoides sylvaticum maximum geniculatum asperius, semine milii solis" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 118, t. 77, f. 1. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 2: 54 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Scleria secans (L.) Urb. ( Cyperaceae).