Carex alba

Carex alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex alba

Name

Carex alba Scop., Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 216 (1772).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Carex argentea Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 206 (1787).
  • Carex nemorosa Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 291 (1789).
  • Carex argentea J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 143 (1791), nom. illeg.
  • Carex inclusa Turcz. ex Boott, Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 177 (1867).
  • Carex duerrnbergeri Ritzb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 246 (1891).
  • Carex alba f. aprica Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 500 (1909).
  • Carex ajanensis Vorosch., Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 60: 35 (1965).

Homonyms

• Carex alba Bastard, nom. illeg. = Carex pilulifera subsp. pilulifera
• Carex alba Dewey, nom. illeg. = Carex eburnea Boott

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Altay, Austria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scopoli, J.A. 1772. Flora Carniolica exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. Editio secunda aucta et reformata. Tom. II. 496 pp., tab. 33–65, Vindobona: Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krauss. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : ed. 2, 2: 216.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex alba. Published online. Accessed: Dec 13 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Carex alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

русский: Осока белая
svenska: Strutstarr
中文: 中文: 白鳞薹草

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