Mariscus ossicaulis (Lye) J.-P. Lebrun & Stork, comb. nova.

 Cyperus ossicaulis Lye in Kew Bull. 51: 205. 1996.

Holotypus: SOMALIA: 20 km W of Xarardheere, 10.VI.1979, Beckett 202 (K [K000321408] image seen) .

Notes. – Cyperus ossicaulis was first introduced by Lye in THULIN (1995: 135) but lacking a Latin diagnosis and validated and illustrated the following year by LYE (1996c: 206–208). The taxon is cited under Cyperus by LYE (2001: 204).