Synonymy
Source: Jiménez-Mejías, P. & Luceño, M. (2011+): Cyperaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Carex distans L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1263. 1759
- =Carex distans subsp. oranensis Trab., Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 111. 1895
- =Carex vikingensis C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 84. 1908
- =Carex forficula Sennen in Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 109. 1932, nom. illeg.
- =Carex mariae-victorinii Sennen in Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 105. 1932
- =Carex distans subsp. adriatica Degen, Fl. Veleb. 1: 592. 1936
- =Carex distans subsp. aspratilis (V. I. Krecz.) T. V. Egorova
- –Carex distans subsp. eu-distans Maire in Jahandiez & Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 104. 1931, nom. inval.
- – "Carex laevigata" auct. medit.