Carex pilulifera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 976. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa." RCN: 7080.

Lectotype (Egorova, Sedges Russia: 313. 1999): [icon] " Gramen cyperoides tenuifolium, spicis ad summum caulem sessilibus, globulorum aemulis " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 91, f. 8. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 178. 1696. - Epitype (Egorova, Sedges Russia: 313. 1999): Denmark. Zealand, Southern part of Steenstrup Lyng, W of Nykøbing, 13 Jun 1970, N. Jacobsen s.n. (Pl. Vasc. Dan. Exs. No. 261) (LE).

Current name: Carex pilulifera L. ( Cyperaceae).