Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb., Symb. antill. 2: 165. 1900 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Scirpus retroflexus Poir., Encycl. 6: 753. 1804 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus depauperatus Vahl, Enum. pl. 2: 305. 1805 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Baeothryon retroflexum (Poir.) A. Dietr., Sp. pl. 2: 93. 1833 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Eleocharis depauperata (Vahl) Kunth, Enum. pl. 2: 140. 1837 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Chaetocyperus polymorphus var. depauperatus (Vahl) Nees, Fl. bras. 2 parte 1: 94. 1842 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Chaetocyperus niveus Liebm. in Kongel. Danske Vidensk.-Selsk. Skr. 5. 2 (Mexic. Halvgr.): 242-243. 1850 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Chaetocyperus rugulosus Nees in Bonplandia 3: 86. 1855 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Eleocharis triflora Boeckeler in Flora 63: 437. 1880 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008