Carex xalapensis Kunth, Enum. pl. 2: 380. 1837 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Carex muhlenbergii var. xalapensis (Kunth) Britton in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 86. 1894 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Carex involucratella Mack., N. Amer. fl. 18: 50-51. 1931 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008