Rhynchospora nervosa (Vahl) Boeckeler subsp. nervosa in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn, ser. 3, 1: 143. 1869 sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena nervosa Vahl, Enum. pl. 2: 241. 1806 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Schoenus tenuifolius Kunth, Nov. gen. sp. 1: 228. 1815 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena pilosa Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 203. 1824 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena tenuifolia (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 203. 1825 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena persooniana Nees, Fl. bras. 2 parte 1: 112-113. 1842 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora persooniana (Nees) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 577. 1864 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora exigua Boeckeler in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn, ser. 5, 5: 238. 1894 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena ciliata var. vahliana C.B. Clarke, Symb. antill. 2: 101-102. 1900 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora nervosa var. tenuifolia (Kunth) H. Pfeiff. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 92. 1935 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008