Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 157. 1805 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- ≡Scirpidium nigrescens Nees, Fl. bras. 2 parte 1: 97. 1842 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus nigrescens (Nees) Nees in Linnaea 9: 293. 1834 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Eleocharis minutiflora Boeckeler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 274-275. 1886 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Eleocharis nigrescens var. minutiflora (Boeckeler) Svenson in Rhodora 39: 226. 1937 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008