Scleria muehlenbergii Steud., Nomencl. bot., ed. 2, 2: 543. 1841 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Scleria laxa Torr. in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 376. 1836 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria torreyana Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 696. 1852 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria hemitaphra Steud., Syn. pl. glumac. 2: 169. 1855 syn. sec. Govaerts 2013
- =Scleria bracteata var. angusta Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 249. 1866 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria dictyocarpa Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 249. 1866 syn. sec. Govaerts 2013
- =Scleria debilis C. Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 154-155. 1871 syn. sec. Govaerts 2013
- =Scleria reticularis var. pubescens Britton in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 3: 232. 1885 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scleria trichopoda Britton in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 3: 232. 1885 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria latilacunosa Kük. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56 (Beibl. 125): 21. 1921 syn. sec. ???
- =Scleria setacea var. hemitaphra (Steud.) Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 215. 1926 syn. sec. ???