Carex myosurus Nees in Wight, Contr. Bot. Ind.: 122. 1834
- ≡Carex eminens Nees in Wight, Contr. Bot. Ind.: 122. 1834
- ≡Carex longibraeteata Steud. in Zoll., Syst. Verz. 1: 60. 1854
- ≡Carex floribunda Boeck. in Linnaea 40: 335. 1876
- ≡Carex kuntzeana Boeck. in Cyp. Nov. 1: 51. 1888
- ≡Carex composita (non Boott) Clarke in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37: 14. 1904