Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Kyllinga pumila.]
• Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Kyllinga pumila.]
• Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Kyllinga pumila.]
• Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid. [Cited as Kyllinga pumila.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers. [Cited as Kyllinga tenuifolia.]
• Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux. [Cited as Kyllinga tenuifolia.]
• Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui. [Cited as Kyllinga tenuifolia.]
• Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466. [Cited as Kyllinga tenuifolia.]
• Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517. [Cited as Kyllinga tenuifolia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Syn. Pl. Glum. 2: 69 (1855).

Flora Zambesiaca

• Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 329 (2010).
• Hooper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3(2): 305 (1968).
• Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 69 (1854).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Syn. Pl. Glum. 2: 69 (1855).