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

"Habitat in Germaniae, Helvetiae, Galliae paludosis." RCN: 393.

Lectotype (Kukkonen in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 178. 2004): Herb. Burser I: 81 (UPS) .

Current name: Pycreus flavescens (L.) Rchb. ( Cyperaceae).