Scirpus cephalotes Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 76. 1762.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 438.

Lectotype (Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 314. 1894): Herb. Linn. No. 71.56 (LINN) .

Current name: Rhynchospora cephalotes (L.) Vahl ( Cyperaceae).