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

"Habitat in India. Osbeck." RCN: 384.

Lectotype (Tucker in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43: 91. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 70.16 (LINN) .

Current name: Cyperus iria L. ( Cyperaceae).