Eleocharis nigrescens (NEES) STEUD. in Syn. 2: 77. 1855
- ≡Scirpidium nigrescens NEES in Linnaea 9: 293. 1834
- ≡E. schweinfurthiana BOECK. in Flora 62: 562. 1879
- ≡E. microcarpa (non TORR.) Clarke in Philip. J. Sc. 2: Bot. 91. 1907
- ≡E. perrieri CHERM. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 73: 554. 1926
