⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-236084, with some changes.

Cyperus compactus var. tenerior C.B.Clarke is a synonym of Cyperus niveus var. leucocephalus (Kunth) Fosberg

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 236084) with original publication details: Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 321 1901.