Carex tricephala Boeck. in Flora 58: 263. 1875
- ≡Carex madoerensis Clarke in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37: 15. 1904
- ≡Carex plesiocephala Turr., Kew Bull.: 385. 1910
- ≡Carex thorelii Camus in Not. Syst. 1: 295. 1910
- ≡Carex hispidangula Koyama in Nat. Canad. 82: t. 1. 1955
