| Source: |
Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Juncus L. |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Sp. Pl. 1: 325 (1753) |
| Rank: |
Genus |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Familia - Juncaceae
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| Included taxa:
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Juncus sect. Caespitosi Cout. |
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Juncus sect. Forskalina Kuntze |
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Juncus sect. Graminifolii Engelm. |
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Juncus sect. Iridifolii Snogerup & Kirschner |
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Juncus sect. Juncotypus Dumort. |
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Juncus sect. Juncus L. |
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Juncus sect. Ozophyllum Dumort. |
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Juncus sect. Steirochloa Griseb. |
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Juncus sect. Stygiopsis (Gand. ex) Kuntze |
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Juncus sect. Tenageia Dumort. |
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Synonym(s):
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Cephaloxys Desv. |
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Juncastrum Fourr. |
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Juncinella Fourr. |
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Phylloschoenus Fourr. |
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Tenageia (Dumort.) Fourr. |
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Tristemon Raf. |
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Juncus sect. tenageia Dumort. |
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| Geography: |
A genus of c. 315 species, almost cosmopolitan, much rarer in the tropics, with major centres of diversity in W North America, the Mediterranean, the Sino-Himalayan region, the Far East, South Africa and Australasia. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Type: | T: Juncus acutus L., fide N.L.Britton & S.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 1: 465 (1913). |
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