Cyperus spectabilis Link, Hort. berol. 1: 318. 1827 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Cyperus scaberrimus Nees in Linnaea 19: 697. 1847 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus spectabilis var. scaberrimus (Nees) Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 606. 1868 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus buckleyi Britton ex J.M. Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 461. 1894 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus mohrii Britton ex C.B. Clarke in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 10. 1908 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus parryi Britton ex C.B. Clarke in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 9. 1908 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Mariscus mohrii (C.B. Clarke) T. Koyama in Phytologia 29: 74. 1974 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Mariscus spectabilis (Link) T. Koyama in Phytologia 29: 74. 1974 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008