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

"Habitat Monspelii, inque Italia, Oriente." RCN: 380.

Lectotype (Simpson in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 41. 1993): [icon] " Cyperus rotundus esculentus angustifolius " in Bauhin, Theatri Bot.: 221, 222. 1658 (see p. 107).

Generitype of Cyperus Linnaeus (vide Britton in Bull. Dept. Agric. Jamaica 5, Suppl. 1: 6. 1907).

Current name: Cyperus esculentus L. ( Cyperaceae).

Note: De Vries (in Econ. Bot. 45: 32-34. 1991) discusses the early treatment of the species, and reproduces plates from Plantin (as f. 4).