Cyperus fuscus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 46. 1753.

"Habitat in Galliae, Germaniae, Helvetiae pratis humidis." RCN: 394.

Lectotype (Kukkonen in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 179. 2004): Herb. Burser I: 82 (UPS) .

Current name: Cyperus fuscus L. ( Cyperaceae).