Cyperus flabelliformis ROTTB., Descr. Pl. rar. Progr.: 22. 1772
- ≡C. flabelliformis var. obtusangulus BOECK. in Linnaea 35: 566. 1868
- ≡C. alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis in Pfl. R. Heft 101: 193. 1936
- ≡C. alternifolius (non L.) BACK. in Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.) 10: fam. 246, p. 30. 1949
- ≡C. alternifolius var. obtusangulus KOYAMA in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 177. 1961