Cyperus spathaceus (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 735. 1767, nom. illeg.

RCN: 400.

Replaced synonym: Cyperus arundinaceus L. (1753); Schoenus spathaceus L. (1762), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Kukkonen in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 27: 65. 1990): Herb. Linn. No. 70.39 (LINN; iso- BM) .

Current name: Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton ( Cyperaceae).

Note: Linnaeus based this on Schoenus spathaceus L. (1762), an illegitimate replacement name for Cyperus arundinaceus L. (1753) .