Scirpus palustris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 47. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae fossis & inundatis." RCN: 405.

Lectotype (Strandhede in Bot. Not. 113: 168. 1960): Löfling 36, Herb. Linn. s.n. (S) .

Current name: Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. ( Cyperaceae).