Jerarquía taxonómica:
Cyperaceae → Karinia mexicana (C.B. Clarke ex Britton) Reznicek & McVaugh, 1994

Familia:
Cyperaceae

Autor:
(C.B. Clarke ex Britton) Reznicek & McVaugh, 1994

Sinónimos:
Scirpus cyperoides Hemsl., 1885
Scirpus mexicanus C.B. Clarke ex Britton, 1892
Holoschoenus mexicanus Palla, 1913
Scirpus orbicephala Beetle, 1944
Cyperus orbicephalus (Beetle) T. Koyama & McVaugh, 1963
Scirpoides mexicana (C.B. Clarke ex Britton) Goetgh. ex C.S. Reid & J.R. Carter, 2017