Scirpus mucronatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 50. 1753.

"Habitat in Angliae, Italiae, Helvetiae, Virginiae stagnis maritimis." RCN: 361.

Lectotype (Kukkonen in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 181. 2004): Rathgeb?, Herb. Linn. No. 71.31 (LINN) .

Current name: Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla ( Cyperaceae).