Carex pallescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 977. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae paludibus." RCN: 7085.

Lectotype (Egorova, Sedges Russia: 305. 1999): Herb. Linn. No. 1100.60 (LINN) .

Current name: Carex pallescens L. ( Cyperaceae).

Note: See comments on the material in LINN, and the protologue, by Luceño (in Ruizia 14: 90. 1994).