Cyperaceae taxon details
Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
1678349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678349)
accepted
Species
Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr. · unaccepted
Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib. · unaccepted
Phaeocephalum album (L.) House · unaccepted
Rhynchospora alba f. alba (L.) Vahl · unaccepted
Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale · unaccepted
Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino · unaccepted
Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton · unaccepted
Schoenus albus L. · unaccepted
Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb. · unaccepted
Triodon albus (L.) Farw. · unaccepted
- Forma Rhynchospora alba f. alba (L.) Vahl accepted as Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
- Forma Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale accepted as Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
- Variety Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl accepted as Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T.Aiton
- Variety Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh accepted as Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T.Aiton
- Variety Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino accepted as Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
- Variety Rhynchospora alba var. macra C.B.Clarke ex Britton accepted as Rhynchospora macra (C.B.Clarke ex Britton) Small
- Variety Rhynchospora alba var. meridiana H.Pfeiff. (uncertain > unassessed)
terrestrial
(of Schoenus albus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
Lectotype (of Schoenus albus L.) LINN -HL68-17
Lectotype (of Schoenus albus L.) LINN -HL68-17 [details]
Description Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 6–75 cm; rhizomes mostly absent. Culms erect to curved, leafy, obscurely trigonous...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 (1805),...
Description Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 6–75 cm; rhizomes mostly absent. Culms erect to curved, leafy, obscurely trigonous to nearly terete, few ribbed, slender. Principal leaves mostly overtopped by culm; blades narrowly linear to filiform, proximally flat, 0.5–1.5 mm, apex tapering, trigonous. Inflorescences: clusters 1 or 2–3, then widely spaced, narrowly turbinate to hemispheric, 1.5–2.5 cm wide; subtending leafy bracts often exceeded by distal cluster. Spikelets pale brown to nearly white, ellipsoid, 3.5–5.5 mm, apex acute; fertile scales elliptic, 3–3.5(–4) mm, apex acute or acuminate, midrib excurrent as mucro. Flowers: perianth bristles 10–12, slightly overtopping tubercle, retrorsely barbellate or rarely smooth, base often setose. Fruits 1(–2) per spikelet, (2.3–)2.5–3 mm; body pale brown with paler center, stipitateobovoid, lenticular, 1.5–1.8(–2) × 0.9–1.2 mm; surfaces transversely striate, relatively smooth, rim narrow, flowing to tubercle base; tubercle narrowly triangularsubulate, 0.5–1.2 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 (1805),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678349 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schoenus albus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Vahl, M. (1805). Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab alium vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. vol. II, pp. 1-423., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7352986#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Vahl, M. (1805). Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab alium vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. vol. II, pp. 1-423., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7352986#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 236 [details]
Other
additional source
Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Schoenus albus L.) LINN -HL68-17 [details]
Syntype (of Schoenus albus L.) NY 00334793, geounit Europe [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 6–75 cm; rhizomes mostly absent. Culms erect to curved, leafy, obscurely trigonous to nearly terete, few ribbed, slender. Principal leaves mostly overtopped by culm; blades narrowly linear to filiform, proximally flat, 0.5–1.5 mm, apex tapering, trigonous. Inflorescences: clusters 1 or 2–3, then widely spaced, narrowly turbinate to hemispheric, 1.5–2.5 cm wide; subtending leafy bracts often exceeded by distal cluster. Spikelets pale brown to nearly white, ellipsoid, 3.5–5.5 mm, apex acute; fertile scales elliptic, 3–3.5(–4) mm, apex acute or acuminate, midrib excurrent as mucro. Flowers: perianth bristles 10–12, slightly overtopping tubercle, retrorsely barbellate or rarely smooth, base often setose. Fruits 1(–2) per spikelet, (2.3–)2.5–3 mm; body pale brown with paler center, stipitateobovoid, lenticular, 1.5–1.8(–2) × 0.9–1.2 mm; surfaces transversely striate, relatively smooth, rim narrow, flowing to tubercle base; tubercle narrowly triangularsubulate, 0.5–1.2 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1082 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (310 publications) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora alba)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_luquillensis_NY51480_holotype_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Schoenus_albus_NY334793_type_1) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To The Plant List (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. alba (L.) Vahl)
To US Herbarium (Rhynchospora luquillensis US697785 type 1) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (310 publications) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora alba)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_luquillensis_NY51480_holotype_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Schoenus_albus_NY334793_type_1) (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus albus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Triodon albus (L.) Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum album (L.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
To The Plant List (from synonym Rhynchospora alba f. alba (L.) Vahl)
To US Herbarium (Rhynchospora luquillensis US697785 type 1) (from synonym Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton)
