Scirpus subcapitatus THWAITES, En. Pl. Zeyl.: 351. 1864
- ≡S. cespitosus (non L.) F.v.M. in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 1: 35. 1889
- ≡S. clarkei STAPF in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: 244. 1894
- ≡S. pakapakensis STAPF in Gibbs, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42: 174. 1914
- ≡S. clarkei var. pakapakensis BEETLE in Am. J. Bot. 33: 665. 1946
