Carex donnell-smithii L.H. Bailey in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 56. 1889 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Carex pittieri Boeckeler in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 190. 1896 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Carex jovis C.B. Clarke in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 470. 1908 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008