Carex distans Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1263. 1759.

["Habitat in Europae australioris paludibus."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1388 (1763). RCN: 7091.

Lectotype (Erteeb & Sherif in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 120: 10. 1985): [icon] " Gramen Cyperoides palustre spicis tribus subrotundis vix aculeatis spatio distantibus " in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 243, s. 8, t. 12, f. 18. 1699.

Current name: Carex distans L. ( Cyperaceae).