Cyperus esculentus L., Sp. Pl.: 45. 1753 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Cyperus esculentus L. var. esculentus, Sp. Pl.: 45. 1753 syn. sec. Tropicos 2013
- =Cyperus tuberosus Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. 1: 52. 1814 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus phymatodes Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 23. 1817 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus gracilis Link in Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1: 84. 1820 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus repens Elliott, Sketch bot. S. Carolina 1: 69. 1821 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus gracilescens Schult., Mant. 2: 100. 1824 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus tenorii C. Presl, Fl. Sic. 1: 43. 1826 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus tenorianus Schult. & Schult. f., Mant. 3: 544. 1827 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus retusus Nees in Linnaea 9: 285. 1834 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook. in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 433. 1836 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus helodes Nees, Fl. bras. 2 parte 1: 37-38. 1842 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus fulvescens Liebm. in Kongel. Danske Vidensk.-Selsk. Skr. 5. 2 (Mexic. Halvgr.): 210-211. 1850 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus cubensis Steud., Syn. pl. glumac. 2: 42. 1854 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler in Flora 42: 438. 1859 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus heermannii Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 10. 1862 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus ruficomus Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 9. 1862 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler in Linnaea 36: 291. 1870 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B. Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181. 1884 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus lutescens var. fulvescens (Liebm.) C.B. Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 182. 1884 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 211. 1886 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 211. 1886 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler in Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4-5. 1888 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69. 1903 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 185. 1926 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008