albostriatus,-a,-um from L. albus, white, dead-white; striatus, marked with striae, i.e. marked with longitudinal lines: marked with white longitudinal lines, white-striped
 
466522 308149 Cyperus albostriatus Schrader S. Schönland (Schonland), S. Afr. Cyperac.: t. 15 (1922) [Stella Gower]