Cyperus odoratus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 46. 1753.

"Habitat in America ad fluviorum ripas." RCN: 391.

Lectotype (Dandy in Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé . 360. 1944): [icon] " Cyperus longus odoratus, panicula sparsa, spicis strigosioribus viridibus" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 116, t. 74, f. 1. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 2: 46 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Cyperus odoratus L. ( Cyperaceae).