Fimbristylis recta F. M. BAILEY, 3rd Suppl. Syn. Queensl. Fl.: 80. 1890
- ≡Fimbristylis xyridis var. rigidula Benth. in Fl. Austr. 7: 307. 1878
- ≡Fimbristylis macgillivravi Clarke in Kew Bull. 8: 24. 1908
- ≡Fimbristylis stricticulmis DOMIN in Bibl. Bot Heft 85: 452. 1915