Karinia mexicana (C.B. Clarke ex Britton) Reznicek & McVaugh in Sida 16: 207. 1994 sec. González-Elizondo & al. 2018
- =Scirpus cyperoides Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 461. 1885 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Holoschoenus mexicanus Palla in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 40. 1913 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Scirpus orbicephala Beetle in Madroño 7: 160. 1944 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008
- =Cyperus orbicephalus (Beetle) T. Koyama & McVaugh in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 90: 231. 1963 syn. sec. Diego & González 2008