Bulbostylis schaffneri (Boeckeler) C.B. Clarke in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 26. 1908 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Scirpus pringlei Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 103, t. 80, f. 1-4. 1888 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus schaffneri (Boeckeler) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 758. 1891 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Bulbostylis pringlei (Britton) Beetle in Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 45. 1944 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008