Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 49. 1888 sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus pungens Vahl var. pungens, Enum. pl. 2: 255. 1806 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus melas Kunze ex Kunth, Enum. pl. 2: 169. 1837 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus longifolius Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy.: 49. 1841 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus brevivaginatus Boeckeler in Flora 41: 413. 1858 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus longispicatus (Britton) Smyth in Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 163. 1899 syn. sec. ???
- =Schoenoplectus pungens subsp. longispicatus (Britton) Á. Löve & D. Löve in Taxon 30: 849. 1981 syn. sec. ???