Carex speciosa Kunth in En. 2: 504. 1837
- ≡Carex concolor Nees in Wight, Contr.: 125. 1834
- ≡Carex courtallensis Nees ex Boott in Ill. 1: t. 138. 1858
- ≡Carex longispica Boeck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitschr. 2: 174. 1896
- ≡Carex speciosa var. abscondita Kuk. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg III: 318. 1940
- ≡Carex stenura Nelmes, Kew Bull.: 202. 1950