Schoenus curvulus F.v.M. in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. n. s. 12: 36. 1889
- ≡S. apogon (non R. & S.) Clarke in Stapf, Trans. Linn. Soc. 4: 245. 1894
- ≡Costularia paludosa Clarke, Kew Bull.: 114. 1899
- ≡S. kinabaluensis STAPF in Gibbs, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42: 176. 1914
- ≡S. philippinensis var. kinabaluensis KÜK. in Fedde, Rep. 44: 90. 1938
