Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Juncus acuminatus
- Juncus acutiflorus
- Juncus acutus
- Juncus amabilis
- Juncus antarcticus
- Juncus articulatus
- Juncus australis
- Juncus brachycarpus
- Juncus bufonius
- Juncus bulbosus
- Juncus caespiticius
- Juncus canadensis
- Juncus capitatus
- Juncus conglomeratus
- Juncus continuus
- Juncus distegus
- Juncus edgariae
- Juncus effusus
- Juncus ensifolius
- Juncus filicaulis
- Juncus flavidus
- Juncus fockei
- Juncus gerardii
- Juncus holoschoenus
- Juncus homalocaulis
- Juncus hybridus
- Juncus imbricatus
- Juncus inflexus
- Juncus kraussii
- Juncus lomatophyllus
- Juncus microcephalus
- Juncus novae-zelandiae
- Juncus pallidus
- Juncus pauciflorus
- Juncus planifolius
- Juncus polyanthemus
- Juncus prismatocarpus
- Juncus procerus
- Juncus pusillus
- Juncus sarophorus
- Juncus scheuchzerioides
- Juncus sonderianus
- Juncus squarrosus
- Juncus subnodulosus
- Juncus subsecundus
- Juncus tenuis
- Juncus usitatus
- Juncus vaginatus
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Juncus L., Sp. Pl. 325 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Verojuncus Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177: 19 (2022)
- = Alpinojuncus Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177: 20 (2022)
- = Boreojuncus Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177 (2022) nom. illeg.
- = Australojuncus Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177: 20 (2022)
- = Agathryon (Raf.) Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177 (2022)
- = Juncinella Záv. Drábk. & Proćków, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 177: 19 (2022)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bog rush; Kōpūngāwhā; Kōpūpūngāwhā; Rush; Wī; Wīwī
Description
Annual or perennial herbs, tufted or rhizomatous, glabrous. Leaves flat and grass-like, or tubular or laterally compressed with internal septa, or channelled, or terete and stem-like, or reduced to basal sheaths. Inflorescence a many-flowered cyme, much-branched or condensed to a compact head, or flowers rarely few or solitary. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, sessile or pedicellate. Tepals 6, rarely 4, lanceolate, the outer usually longer, slightly more rigid with narrow membranous margin, inner with broader membranous margin. Stamens 6, 3, or variable 3–6. Ovary unilocular, or triseptate, or trilocular. Seeds numerous, often tailed at one or both ends.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 15 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 30 |
| Total | 48 |
Bibliography
Brožová, V.; Proćków, J.; Záveská Drábková, L. 2022: Toward finally unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of Juncaceae with respect to another cyperid family. Cyperaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177: 107588 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107588..
Elliott, T.L.; Larridon, I.; Barrett, R.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Costa, S.M.; Escudero, M.; Hipp, A.L.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Kirschner, J.; Luceño, M.; Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Roalson, E.H.; Semmouri, I.; Spalink, D.; Thomas, W.W.; Villaverde, T.; Wilson, K.L.; Muasya, A.M. 2023: Addressing inconsistencies in Cyperaceae and Juncaceae taxonomy: Comment on Brožová et al. (2022). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 179: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107665.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
