Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiff. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 89. 1935 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Schoenus coloratus L., Sp. Pl.: 43. 1753 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Schoenus stellatus Lam., Encycl. 1: 741. 1785 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena leucocephala Michx., Fl. bor.-amer. 1: 37. 1803 syn. sec. ???
- =Dichroma leucocephala (Michx.) Pers., Syn. pl. 1: 57. 1805 syn. sec. ???
- =Dichromena leucocephala (Michx.) Pers., Syn. pl. 1: 57. 1805 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichroma ciliatum Desv. ex Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 15-16. 1825, nom. superfl. syn. sec. ???
- =Rhynchospora drummondiana Steud., Syn. pl. glumac. 2: 135. 1855 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora stellata (Lam.) Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 8: 271. 1857 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora leucocephala (Michx.) Boeckeler in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn, ser. 3, 1: 144. 1869 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena cephalotes (Walter) Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 100. 1888 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Dichromena colorata (L.) Hitchc. in Annual Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 141. 1893 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Rhynchospora stellata f. intercedens Kük. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 300. 1951 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008