Rhynchospora alba

Rhynchospora 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: Rhynchosporeae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species: Rhynchospora alba

Name

Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 236 (1805).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Schoenus albus L., Sp. Pl.: 44 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib., Exerc. Phyt. 2: 512 (1792), opus utique oppr.
  • Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 31 (1796).
  • Triodon albus (L.) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 253 (1917).
  • Phaeocephalum album (L.) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 201 (1920).
  • Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 166 (1929).
• Heterotypic
  • Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 191 (1903).
  • Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 56 (1923).
  • Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale, Rhodora 46: 123 (1944).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Temp. Northern Hemisphere Alabama; Alaska; Alberta; Amur; Austria; Baltic States; Belarus; Belgium; British Columbia; California; Central European Russia; Colorado; Connecticut; Czechoslovakia; Delaware; Denmark; East European Russia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Hungary; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Ireland; Irkutsk; Italy; Japan; Kamchatka; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kuril Is.; Maine; Manchuria; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; Netherlands; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Newfoundland; North Carolina; North Caucasus; North European Russia; Northwest Territorie; Norway; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Ontario; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Poland; Portugal; Primorye; Prince Edward I.; Puerto Rico; Quebec; Rhode I.; Romania; Sakhalin; Saskatchewan; South Carolina; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tennessee; Transcaucasus; Turkey; Ukraine; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Siberia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vahl, M. 1805. Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab aliis, vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. Vol. II. XVI+423 pp. Typis N. Mölleri & filii, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2:236.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhynchospora alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhynchospora alba. Published online. Accessed: Feb 19 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhynchospora alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Rhynchospora alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhynchospora alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: white beak-sedge
suomi: Valkopiirtoheinä
Nederlands: witte snavelbies
русский: Очеретник белый

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