Scirpus intricatus Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 182. 1771.

"Habitat in India orientali et Cap. b. spei." RCN: 433.

Lectotype (Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 313. 1894): Herb. Linn. No. 71.50 (LINN) .

Current name: Mariscus squarrosus (L.) C.B. Clarke ( Cyperaceae).