Scirpus setaceus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 49. 1753.
"Habitat in Europae litoribus maritimis." RCN: 415.
Lectotype (Simpson & al. in Kew Bull. 56: 1011. 2001): Herb. A. van Royen No. 902.88-689 (L) .
Current name: Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br. ( Cyperaceae).