Rhynchospora polyphylla (Vahl) Kunth, Enum. pl. 2: 299-300. 1837 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Schoenus polyphyllus Vahl, Eclog. amer. 1 parte 2: 5. 1798 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora costaricensis Boeckeler in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 110. 1896 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena polyphylla (Vahl) J.F. Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(7): 167. 1929 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013