Schoenus capensis Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 4. 1755.

"Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei." RCN: 7392.

Lectotype (Linder in Bothalia 15: 402. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 1164.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Ischyrolepis capensis (L.) H.P. Linder ( Restionaceae).