| Source: |
Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Juncus benghalensis Kunth |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Enum. Pl. vol. 3, 360. 1841. |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Familia - Juncaceae
Genus - Juncus L.
Sectio - Juncus sect. Stygiopsis (Gand. ex) Kuntze
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Synonym(s):
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Juncus bracteatus Buchenau |
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Juncus sphenostemon Buchenau |
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| Geography: |
A common Sino-Himalayan species centred to the East Himalaya. It occurs from Swat, Pakistan, and Kashmir to Sichuan and Yunnan. Reported from Gansu, China, but specimens
not located. |
| Notes: |
Recently, a new species similar to J. benghalensis and J. sherei was detected in Dali, Yunnan, China. It is characterized by flat, grass-like leaves 0.8–1.6 mm wide, anthers 1.3–1.5 times as long as their filaments and the lower bract usually shorter than inflorescence. F.Miyamoto and H.Ohba call it Juncus petrophilus (the description submitted to J. Jap. Bot. in 2000). |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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70. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
36: CHC, CHT. 40: EHM, NEP, PAK, WHM. |
| Type: | T: ‘Benghalia inferior’ [=error], N.Wallich 3480a; syn: B, n.v. [photo: E], BM, K, W [fragment and a drawing]. |
| Distribution table: |
| Asia-Temperate |
China |
China South-Central |
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Tibet |
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| Asia-Tropical |
Indian Subcontinent |
East Himalaya |
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Nepal |
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Pakistan |
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West Himalaya |
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