Cyperus humilis Kunth, Enum. pl. 2: 23. 1837 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Cyperus pygmaeus var. aztecorum C.B. Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 83. 1884 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus humilis var. elatior Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 99. 1888 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008