Synonyms: Dichromena contracta (homotypic); Haloschoenus caracasanus; Haloschoenus contractus (homotypic); Haloschoenus pygmaeus; Juncus parviflorus (heterotypic); Psilocarya teneriffae; Rhynchospora micrantha var. contracta (homotypic); Rhynchospora minutiflora; Rhynchospora parviflora (heterotypic); Rhynchospora polyphylla (heterotypic); Rhynchospora sparsa (heterotypic); Schoenus teneriffae (homotypic); Scleria cincta; Scleria micrantha (heterotypic); Scleria minutiflora (homotypic); Zosterospermon gracile