Orig. (Valachovič 2001): Astero pannonici-Bolboschoenetum compacti Hejný et Vicherek ex Oťaheľová et Valachovič (Aster tripolium subsp. pannonicus, Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. compactus = B. maritimus s. str.)
Syn.: Bolboschoenetum maritimi von Soó 1927 (§ 2b, nomen nudum), Bolboschoenetum maritimi continentale (von Soó 1927) Soó 1957 (§ 34a), Astero pannonici-Bolboschoenetum compacti (von Soó 1927) Hejný et Vicherek in Dykyjová et Květ 1978 (§ 3a), Bolboschoenetum maritimi sensu auct. non Eggler 1933 (pseudonym)
Formal definition: Bolboschoenus maritimus cover > 25 % OR Bolboschoenus planiculmis cover > 25 % AND (group Aster *pannonicus OR group Carex otrubae OR group Plantago maritima OR group Trifolium fragiferum)