Carex echinata Murray, Prodr. Stirp. Gott.: 76. 1770

is earlier homonym of Carex echinata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 338. 1799

is basionym for Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Nouv. Sér. 17: 176. 1869

This name is not assigned to any taxon.