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Cyperaceae taxon details

Eleocharis albida Torr.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51002_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51002_type_1)

1491858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1491858)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cyperoideae (Subfamily)
  12. Eleocharideae (Tribe)
  13. Eleocharis (Genus)
  14. Eleocharis albida (Species)
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Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 304 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes soft, longer internodes 2–4 cm, cortex loose, scales fugaceous, 6 mm, thinly membranous and...  
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes soft, longer internodes 2–4 cm, cortex loose, scales fugaceous, 6 mm, thinly membranous and translucent. Culms not rooting at tips, terete, 10–40 cm, soft to firm, smooth. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths proximally brownish or sometimes reddish, distally stramineous to green. Spikelets ovoid to oblong-subcylindric, 4–12 × 2–3.5 mm, apex acute to rounded; proximal scale empty, clasping 1/2 of culm, like floral scales; subproximal 1 or 2 scales often empty; floral scales 20–100, 10 per mm of rachilla, entirely stramineous or sometimes red-brown, ovate, (1.5–)2–2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex broadly rounded, entire. Flowers: perianth bristles (5–)6(–8), brown, stout, the longer equaling achene or tubercle, retrorsely spinulose; stamens 3; anthers brown, 1 mm. Achenes falling with scales, obovoid, angles keeled, 0.8–1 × 0.7–0.8 mm, apex with short neck. Tubercles whitish to brown, mammillate to pyramidal, 0.2–0.3 × 0.3–0.35 mm, 1/3 or less as wide as achene. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis albida Torr.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1491858 on 2026-08-24
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Nomenclature

original description Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 304 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isolepis aphylla Boeckeler) Böckeler, O. (1858). Neue Cyperaceen. <em>Flora.</em> 41(26): 409-420., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51454#page/410/mode/1up
page(s): 417 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype NY 00051003, geounit Louisiana [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes soft, longer internodes 2–4 cm, cortex loose, scales fugaceous, 6 mm, thinly membranous and translucent. Culms not rooting at tips, terete, 10–40 cm, soft to firm, smooth. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths proximally brownish or sometimes reddish, distally stramineous to green. Spikelets ovoid to oblong-subcylindric, 4–12 × 2–3.5 mm, apex acute to rounded; proximal scale empty, clasping 1/2 of culm, like floral scales; subproximal 1 or 2 scales often empty; floral scales 20–100, 10 per mm of rachilla, entirely stramineous or sometimes red-brown, ovate, (1.5–)2–2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex broadly rounded, entire. Flowers: perianth bristles (5–)6(–8), brown, stout, the longer equaling achene or tubercle, retrorsely spinulose; stamens 3; anthers brown, 1 mm. Achenes falling with scales, obovoid, angles keeled, 0.8–1 × 0.7–0.8 mm, apex with short neck. Tubercles whitish to brown, mammillate to pyramidal, 0.2–0.3 × 0.3–0.35 mm, 1/3 or less as wide as achene. [details]
    Definitions

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English Bermuda spike rush  [details]
To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trichophyllum albidum (Torr.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (285 publications) (from synonym Scirpus capitatus Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Isolepis aphylla Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trichophyllum simplex (Elliott) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Eleocharis simplex (Elliott) A.Dietr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scirpus albidus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Scirpus simplex Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Eleocharis bermudiana Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis albida) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis bermudiana Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis berlandieri C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus simplex Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum albidum (Torr.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus albidus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus capitatus Muhl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis simplex (Elliott) A.Dietr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Isolepis aphylla Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum simplex (Elliott) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis albida var. berlandieri (C.B.Clarke) Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51002_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51003_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51004_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51005_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_albida_NY51077_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_berlandieri_NY51006_type_1) (from synonym Eleocharis berlandieri C.B.Clarke)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_berlandieri_NY51119_type_1) (from synonym Eleocharis berlandieri C.B.Clarke)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_bermudiana_NY51094_type_1) (from synonym Eleocharis bermudiana Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_simplex_NY51667_type_1) (from synonym Eleocharis simplex (Elliott) A.Dietr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Isolepis aphylla Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus capitatus Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus albidus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus simplex Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum albidum (Torr.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis simplex (Elliott) A.Dietr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis bermudiana Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis berlandieri C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis albida var. berlandieri (C.B.Clarke) Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum simplex (Elliott) House)
From editor or global species database
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