Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex alba Scop.
1677157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677157)
accepted
Species
Carex ajanensis Vorosch. · unaccepted
Carex alba f. aprica Kük. · unaccepted
Carex argentea J.F.Gmel. · unaccepted
Carex argentea Vill. · unaccepted
Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb. · unaccepted
Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex nemorosa Schrank · unaccepted
- Forma Carex alba f. aprica Kük. accepted as Carex alba Scop.
- Subspecies Carex alba subsp. ussuriensis (Kom.) Kük. accepted as Carex ussuriensis Kom.
- Variety Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey accepted as Carex eburnea Boott
- Variety Carex alba var. ussuriensis (Kom.) T.Koyama accepted as Carex ussuriensis Kom.
terrestrial
Scopoli, I. (1762). Flora Carniolica : exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59204027#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizomas de entrenudos largos y muy delgados. Tallos 15-30 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos. Hojas...
Description Rhizome stoloniferous. Culms tufted, 15-30 cm tall, rather slender, obtusely trigonous, smooth; sheaths leafless at base....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 216 1772 to Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 216. 1772...
Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizomas de entrenudos largos y muy delgados. Tallos 15-30 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos. Hojas (0,20)0,5-1(1,8) mm de anchura, de mayor longitud que los tallos, un poco ásperas en los bordes, enrolladas a planas, ± blandas; lígula menor de 1 mm, de ápice redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, las más inferiores escuamiformes, ± enteras. Bráctea inferior folíacea, de menor longitud que la inflorescencia, con una larga vaina hialina. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 8-15(20) mm, linear; espigas femeninas (1)2-3, de 6-8 mm, erectas, ovoides, laxifloras, separadas, pedunculadas, a veces largamente colgantes o que pueden superar a la masculina. Glumas masculinas ovales, de ápice redondeado, irregularmente roto, blanco-hialinas; glumas femeninas anchamente ovales, de ápice redondeado, blanco-hialinas, menores o algo mayores que los utrículos. Estigmas 3. Utrículos 3-3,5 × 1,2-1,8 mm, suberectos, patentes o erecto-patentes, trígonos, con los nervios prominentes, glabros, verdosos o parduscos, no muy cortamente estipitados, bruscamente estrechados en un pico de 0,5-0,8 mm, recto, de ápice truncado y escarioso, liso. Aquenios 1,8-2,1 × 1,1-1,3 mm, de contorno ± elíptico, trígonos, de color pardo. 2n = 54*. [details]
Description Rhizome stoloniferous. Culms tufted, 15-30 cm tall, rather slender, obtusely trigonous, smooth; sheaths leafless at base....
Description Rhizome stoloniferous. Culms tufted, 15-30 cm tall, rather slender, obtusely trigonous, smooth; sheaths leafless at base. Leaves rather shorter than culm, blades flat, ca. 1 mm wide, eventually involute on margins, soft, brown sheathed at base. Involucral bracts brown-green, sheathlike, ca. 1 cm, hyaline on margins, without involucral bract leaf. Spikes usually 3, rarely 2 or 4, slightly approximate; terminal spike male, usually not surpassing adjacent female spike, linear, 1-1.5 cm; lateral spikes usually 2, rarely 1 or 3, female, oblong or subovate, 5-10 mm, loosely 2-6-flowered, peduncles slender. Female glumes stramineous or yellow-brownish, broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, membranous, not hyaline margined, green 1-veined, apex acute. Utricles yellow-green, brownish yellow at maturity, obliquely patent, slightly longer than glume, broadly obovate or elliptic-obovate, obtusely trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, leathery, glabrous, shiny, several slightly concave veined, base obtusely rounded, margins hyaline, apex contracted into a short beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets dark brown, tightly enveloped in utricle, obovate-elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2.5 mm, brownish yellow and slightly convex on angles, tuberculate on surface; style base thickened and globose; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 216 1772 to Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 216. 1772...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 216 1772 to Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 216. 1772 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex alba Scop.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677157 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Scopoli, I. (1762). Flora Carniolica : exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59204027#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [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
Isotype (of Carex ajanensis Vorosch.) LE 01006666, geounit Khabarovsk [details]
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Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizomas de entrenudos largos y muy delgados. Tallos 15-30 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos. Hojas (0,20)0,5-1(1,8) mm de anchura, de mayor longitud que los tallos, un poco ásperas en los bordes, enrolladas a planas, ± blandas; lígula menor de 1 mm, de ápice redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, las más inferiores escuamiformes, ± enteras. Bráctea inferior folíacea, de menor longitud que la inflorescencia, con una larga vaina hialina. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 8-15(20) mm, linear; espigas femeninas (1)2-3, de 6-8 mm, erectas, ovoides, laxifloras, separadas, pedunculadas, a veces largamente colgantes o que pueden superar a la masculina. Glumas masculinas ovales, de ápice redondeado, irregularmente roto, blanco-hialinas; glumas femeninas anchamente ovales, de ápice redondeado, blanco-hialinas, menores o algo mayores que los utrículos. Estigmas 3. Utrículos 3-3,5 × 1,2-1,8 mm, suberectos, patentes o erecto-patentes, trígonos, con los nervios prominentes, glabros, verdosos o parduscos, no muy cortamente estipitados, bruscamente estrechados en un pico de 0,5-0,8 mm, recto, de ápice truncado y escarioso, liso. Aquenios 1,8-2,1 × 1,1-1,3 mm, de contorno ± elíptico, trígonos, de color pardo. 2n = 54*. [details]Description Rhizome stoloniferous. Culms tufted, 15-30 cm tall, rather slender, obtusely trigonous, smooth; sheaths leafless at base. Leaves rather shorter than culm, blades flat, ca. 1 mm wide, eventually involute on margins, soft, brown sheathed at base. Involucral bracts brown-green, sheathlike, ca. 1 cm, hyaline on margins, without involucral bract leaf. Spikes usually 3, rarely 2 or 4, slightly approximate; terminal spike male, usually not surpassing adjacent female spike, linear, 1-1.5 cm; lateral spikes usually 2, rarely 1 or 3, female, oblong or subovate, 5-10 mm, loosely 2-6-flowered, peduncles slender. Female glumes stramineous or yellow-brownish, broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, membranous, not hyaline margined, green 1-veined, apex acute. Utricles yellow-green, brownish yellow at maturity, obliquely patent, slightly longer than glume, broadly obovate or elliptic-obovate, obtusely trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, leathery, glabrous, shiny, several slightly concave veined, base obtusely rounded, margins hyaline, apex contracted into a short beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets dark brown, tightly enveloped in utricle, obovate-elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2.5 mm, brownish yellow and slightly convex on angles, tuberculate on surface; style base thickened and globose; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 216 1772 to Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 216. 1772 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Translation Loosely cespitose, with rhizomes having long, very slender internodes. Stems 15–30 cm, obtusely trigonous, smooth. Leaves (0.20)0.5–1(1.8) mm wide, longer than the stems, slightly rough on the margins, rolled to flat, ± soft; ligule less than 1 mm, with a rounded apex; without an anteligule; basal sheaths with the blade developed, the lowest scale-like, ± entire. Lower bract leaf-like, shorter than the inflorescence, with a long hyaline sheath. Male spike solitary, 8–15(20) mm, linear; female spikes (1)2–3, 6–8 mm, erect, ovoid, lax-flowered, separated, pedunculate, sometimes long-pendulous or overtopping the male spike. Male glumes oval, with a rounded apex, irregularly torn, white-hyaline; female glumes broadly oval, with a rounded apex, white-hyaline, smaller than or slightly larger than the utricles. Stigmas 3. Utricles 3–3.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, suberect, spreading or erect-spreading, trigonous, with prominent nerves, glabrous, greenish or brownish, not very shortly stipitate, abruptly narrowed into a straight beak 0.5–0.8 mm long, with a truncate, scarious, smooth apex. Achenes 1.8–2.1 × 1.1–1.3 mm, ± elliptic in outline, trigonous, brown. 2n = 54*. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications) (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (300 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alba)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ajanensis LE01006666 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba f. aprica Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications) (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (300 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alba)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ajanensis LE01006666 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex argentea J.F.Gmel.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ajanensis Vorosch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex argentea Vill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nemorosa Schrank)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba f. aprica Kük.)
From editor or global species database
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