Rhynchospora contracta (Nees) J. Raynal in Adansonia, n. s., 17: 277-278. 1978 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Rhynchospora micrantha Vahl, Enum. pl. 2: 231. 1806 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scleria micrantha Poir., Encycl. Suppl. 5: 108. 1817 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria minutiflora Rich. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 831. 1826 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Holoschoenus contractus Nees, Fl. bras. 2 parte 1: 123. 1842 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena contracta (Nees) Steud., Syn. pl. glumac. 2: 136. 1855 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora micrantha var. contracta (Nees) Kük. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 276. 1951 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora minutiflora (Rich. ex Spreng.) C.D. Adams in Phytologia 21: 70. 1971 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008