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

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 422.

Lectotype (Carter & Kral in Taxon 39: 324. 1990): Herb. Linn. No. 71.35 (LINN) .

Current name: Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph. Wood ( Cyperaceae).