Juncaceae

Juncus L.

First published in Sp. Pl. 1: 325 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Windward Is.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Easter Is., St.Helena

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balslev, H. & Zuluaga, A. (2009). Juncaceae. Flora de Colombia 26: 1-80. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.
  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 92 (1901).
  • Sp. Pl. 325 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Buchen. in E.P. IV, 36: 98 (1906)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 152 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 325 (1753)
  • Weim. in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 40: 141 (1946)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Dias-Melo, R.; Forzza, R.C.; Resende, B.R.; Capilé, B.R.; Neto, L.M.; Monteiro, R.F.; Domingues, R. [201] Brazil K000836963 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Silva, J.M.; Guimarães, D. [910] Brazil K000836962 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Clarke, C.B. [41274] India K000307649 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Drege, J.F. [2472b] South Africa K000307651 Syntype Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Tsang, W.T. [20636] China K000307769 Type Yes
Jun 8, 1999 Clarke, C.B. [31059] India K000307604 Syntype Yes
Feb 1, 1993 Johnson, L.A.S.; Johnson, A.T. [7578] Australia K000906716 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [20044] Brazil K000836954 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Thuiller, J.L. [s.n.] France K000906621 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 K000308973 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Jordan, A. [734] France K000906624 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Merat, F.V. [s.n.] France K000906622 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Viviani, D. [s.n.] France K000906620 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Delanay, J [41] France K000906623 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 20, 1982 Carvalho, A.M.V.; Lewis, G.P.; Hage, J.L. [1061] Brazil K000836955 Yes
Sep 29, 1982 Carvalho, A.M.V.; Lewis, G.P.; Hage, J.L. [1061] Brazil K000836957 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Dusén, P. [14406] Brazil K000836961 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Clayton, W.D. [4479] Brazil K000836960 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15508] Brazil K000836956 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19214] Brazil K000836958 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Mimura, I. [123] Brazil K000836959 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 de Matos, F. [2299] Portugal K000906634 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Satzmann [s.n.] Gibraltar K000906635 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Davis, P.H. [61774] Syria K000283555 Yes
Nov 16, 1963 s.coll. [566] Australia K000906693 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 16, 1963 Mueller, J. [s.n.] Australia K000906697 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 16, 1963 Mueller, J. [s.n.] Australia K000906696 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 16, 1963 Mueller, J. [s.n.] Australia K000906695 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 16, 1963 Moore, C. [98] Australia K000906694 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 3, 1852 Moser, C.J. [s.n.] United States K000906806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fay, M.F. [MFF302] United Kingdom K000696764 No
Della, A. [2637] Cyprus K001590888 Yes
Segonzac [20] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572094 Yes
Lourteig, A. [2419] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572116 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] United States K000906804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] United States K000906805 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [494c] Morocco K002892113 Yes
Kers, L.E. [2219] South Africa K001560532 Yes
Lourteig, A. [2434] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572122 Yes
Kreisch, W. [92/0725] Morocco K001600653 Yes
Ferguson, K.; Parra, R.; Sanchez, M.C.; Valdés, B. [s.n.] Morocco K002892111 Yes
Fay, M.F. [MFF305] United Kingdom K000696765 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 9001] India K001132080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9868] Bolivia K003058654 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000836976 Yes
Nanthavong, K.; Lamxay, V. [OD8 ] Laos K002398117 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 9002] Nepal K001132081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [18904] Bolivia K003058657 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] United States K001079623 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, K.L. [1688] Australia K002398737 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 9001] Nepal K001132079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zeyher [11] South Africa K000345835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bigelow, J.M. [84] United States K000906795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10850] Bolivia K003058653 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huaylla, H. [21149] Bolivia K003058656 Yes
Wallich, N. [3480A] India K000307556 Type Yes
Dombrowski, L. [1634] Brazil K000836988 Yes
Coveny, R.; Roy, S.K. [8716] Australia K002398742 Yes
Gillman, H. [77] United States K000906799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 9000] K001132077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, T. [102] Syria K000906643 Unknown Type Material Yes
Della, A. [2612] Cyprus K001590886 Yes
Della, A. [2638] Cyprus K001590889 Yes
Segonzac [19] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572117 Yes
Segonzac, M. [96] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572119 Yes
Melville, R. [1921] Australia K:SPC-36910.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8998] Nepal K001132074 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, L.B. [1568] Brazil K000836986 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [15354] Brazil K000836975 Yes
Ferguson, K.; Parra, R.; Sanchez, M.C.; Valdés, B. [s.n.] Morocco K002892110 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.; Linder, D.H. [20686] United States K000906797 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 9000] India K001132076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith C.E. [81] United States K000906802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [645] Ecuador K003058651 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4217] Brazil K000836984 Yes
Smith, C.E.; Porter, T.C. [83] United States K000906794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leidy, L. [s.n.] United States K000906801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Bissell, C.H.; et.al. [20668] United States K000906800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 9002] India K001132082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 9000] India K001132078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nanthavong, K.; Lamxay, V. [OD7] Laos K002398118 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S.A. [70589] Ecuador K003058650 Yes
Porter, E. [s.n.] United States K000906803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forsskal, P. [1374] Turkey K002891670 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [704] Ecuador K003058652 Yes
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] Mongolia K000906646 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huaylla, H. [21149] Bolivia K003058655 Yes
Beaman, J.H. [10852] Indonesia K002398148 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9616] Bolivia K003058658 Yes
Wheeler, O.B. [76] United States K000906798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis [50198] Libya K002892114 Yes
Bigelow, J.M. [79] United States K000906796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pitard, C.-J. [1337] Morocco K002892112 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000906684 Syntype Yes

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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