Cyperus elegans Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 45. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaicae paludosis maritimis." RCN: 389.

Lectotype (Tucker & McVaugh in McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 13: 292. 1993): [icon] " Cyperus panicula maxime sparsa, ferruginea, compressa elegantissima" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 117, t. 75, f. 1. 1707.

Current name: Cyperus elegans L. ( Cyperaceae).