Orig. (Klika 1935b): Asociace Rhynchospora alba-Drosera anglica

Syn.: Rhynchosporetum albae Koch 1926 (§ 36, nomen ambiguum), Rhynchosporo fuscae-Sphagnetum platyphylli Warén 1926 (§ 3d, asociace uppsalské školy), Rhynchosporetum fuscae W. Braun 1968, Sphagno subsecundi-Rhynchosporetum albae (Koch 1926) Rybníček in Rybníček et al. 1984, Sphagno tenelli-Rhynchosporetum albae Osvald 1923 sphagnetosum subsecundi Dierssen et Dierssen 1984

Formal definition: Rhynchospora alba cover > 5 % AND (Sphagnum subsecundum cover > 5 % OR group Rhynchospora alba) NOT group Eriophorum latifolium NOT Campylium stellatum cover > 5 % NOT Scorpidium scorpioides cover > 5 % NOT Sphagnum recurvum s. l. cover > 50 % NOT Trichophorum alpinum cover > 5 %