Cyperus articulatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 44. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaicae rivulis." RCN: 374.

Lectotype (Tucker in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 2: 42. 1983): [icon] "Juncus cyperoides creberrime geniculatus medulla farctus, aquaticus, radice tuberosa, odorata" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 121, t. 81, f. 1. 1707. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 2: 63 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Cyperus articulatus L. ( Cyperaceae).