Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 6: 652. 1893 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- ≡Scirpus capillaris L., Sp. Pl.: 68. 1753 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Isolepis capillaris (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 118-119. 1817 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus brachyphyllus Link in Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1: 78. 1820 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Isolepis brachyphylla (Link) Schult., Mant. 2: 64. 1824 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus muehlenbergii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 207. 1825 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Isolepis ciliata J. Presl & C. Presl, Reliq. haenk. 1: 188. 1828 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Fimbristylis capillaris (L.) A. Gray, Manual: 530. 1848 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Isolepis radiciflora Steud., Syn. pl. glumac. 2: 318. 1855 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 30. 1894 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Stenophyllus eucapillaris H. Pfeiff. in Bot. Arch. 6: 187, 193. 1924 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Stenophyllus eucapillaris var. ciliata (J. Presl & C. Presl) H. Pfeiff. in Bot. Arch. 6: 187, 193. 1924 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Stenophyllus capillaris var. ciliata (J. Presl & C. Presl) J.F. Macbr. in Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 167. 1929 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Bulbostylis capillaris var. crebra Fernald in Rhodora 40: 395. 1938 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Bulbostylis capillaris var. isopoda Fernald in Rhodora 40: 395. 1938 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008