Scirpus geniculatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 48. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 406.

Lectotype (Furtado in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 9: 299. 1937): Herb. Clifford: 21, Scirpus 1 (BM-000557653) .

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