Schoenus ferrugineus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 43. 1753.

"Habitat in Gotlandiae, Angliae paludibus." RCN: 363.

Lectotype (Simpson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 179. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 68.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Schoenus ferrugineus L. ( Cyperaceae).