Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Juncaceae

Juncus L.

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cephaloxys*	Desv.	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Juncastrum*	Fourr.	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Juncinella*	Fourr.	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Microschoenus*	C. B. Clarke	heterotypic synonym
*Phylloschoenus*	Fourr.	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Tenageia*	(Dumort.) Fourr.	heterotypic synonym
*Tristemon*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Juncus acutiflorus*	Ehrh. ex Hoffm.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus acutus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus alpigenus*	K. Koch	taxonomically included in
*Juncus alpinoarticulatus*	Chaix	taxonomically included in
*Juncus amabilis*	Edgar	taxonomically included in
*Juncus anatolicus*	Snogerup	taxonomically included in
*Juncus anceps*	Laharpe	taxonomically included in
*Juncus arcticus*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus aridicola*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus articulatus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus atratus*	Krock.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus australis*	Hook. f.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus balticus*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus biglumis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus brachyspathus*	Maxim.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus bufonius*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus bulbosus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus canadensis*	J. Gay ex Laharpe	taxonomically included in
*Juncus capillaceus*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus capitatus*	Weigel	taxonomically included in
*Juncus castaneus*	Sm.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus compressus*	Jacq.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus conglomeratus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus continuus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus dudleyi*	Wiegand	taxonomically included in
*Juncus edgariae*	L. A. S. Johnson & K. L. Wilson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus effusus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus elbrusicus*	Galushko	taxonomically included in
*Juncus emmanuelis*	A. Fern. & J. G. García	taxonomically included in
*Juncus ensifolius*	Wikstr.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus fernandez-carvajaliae*	Romero Zarco & Arán	taxonomically included in
*Juncus filiformis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus flavidus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus foliosus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus fominii*	Zoz	taxonomically included in
*Juncus fontanesii*	J. Gay ex Laharpe	taxonomically included in
*Juncus gerardi*	Loisel.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus gregiflorus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus heldreichianus*	T. Marsson ex Parl.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus heterophyllus*	Dufour	taxonomically included in
*Juncus hybridus*	Brot.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus imbricatus*	Laharpe	taxonomically included in
*Juncus inflexus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus jacquinii*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus littoralis*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus maritimus*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus maroccanus*	Kirschner	taxonomically included in
*Juncus minutulus*	(Albert & Jahand.) Prain	taxonomically included in
*Juncus monanthos*	Jacq.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus ochrocoleus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus pallescens*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus pallidus*	R. Br.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus persicus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus prismatocarpus*	R. Br.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus procerus*	E. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus punctorius*	L. f.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus pygmaeus*	Rich. ex Thuill.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus ranarius*	Songeon & E. P. Perrier	taxonomically included in
*Juncus rechingeri*	Snogerup	taxonomically included in
*Juncus requienii*	Parl.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus rigidus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus sarophorus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus soranthus*	Schrenk	taxonomically included in
*Juncus sorrentinii*	Parl.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus sparganiifolius*	Boiss. & Kotschy ex Buchenau	taxonomically included in
*Juncus sphaerocarpus*	Nees	taxonomically included in
*Juncus squarrosus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus striatus*	Schousb. ex E. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus stygius*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus subnodulosus*	Schrank	taxonomically included in
*Juncus subsecundus*	N. A. Wakef.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus subulatus*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus tenageia*	Ehrh. ex L. f.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus tenuis*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus thomasii*	Ten.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus tingitanus*	Maire & Weiller	taxonomically included in
*Juncus trifidus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus triglumis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus turkestanicus*	V. I. Krecz. & Gontsch.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus usitatus*	L. A. S. Johnson	taxonomically included in
*Juncus vaginatus*	R. Br.	taxonomically included in
*Juncus valvatus*	Link	taxonomically included in

Children

Juncus acutiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Juncus acutus L.
Juncus alpigenus K. Koch
Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix
Juncus amabilis Edgar
Juncus anatolicus Snogerup
Juncus anceps Laharpe
Juncus arcticus Willd.
Juncus aridicola L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus articulatus L.
Juncus atratus Krock.
Juncus australis Hook. f.
Juncus balticus Willd.
Juncus biglumis L.
Juncus brachyspathus Maxim.
Juncus bufonius L.
Juncus bulbosus L.
Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe
Juncus capillaceus Lam.
Juncus capitatus Weigel
Juncus castaneus Sm.
Juncus compressus Jacq.
Juncus conglomeratus L.
Juncus continuus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus dudleyi Wiegand
Juncus edgariae L. A. S. Johnson & K. L. Wilson
Juncus effusus L.
Juncus elbrusicus Galushko
Juncus emmanuelis A. Fern. & J. G. García
Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
Juncus fernandez-carvajaliae Romero Zarco & Arán
Juncus filiformis L.
Juncus flavidus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus foliosus Desf.
Juncus fominii Zoz
Juncus fontanesii J. Gay ex Laharpe
Juncus gerardi Loisel.
Juncus gregiflorus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus heldreichianus T. Marsson ex Parl.
Juncus heterophyllus Dufour
Juncus hybridus Brot.
Juncus imbricatus Laharpe
Juncus inflexus L.
Juncus jacquinii L.
Juncus littoralis C. A. Mey.
Juncus maritimus Lam.
Juncus maroccanus Kirschner
Juncus minutulus (Albert & Jahand.) Prain
Juncus monanthos Jacq.
Juncus ochrocoleus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus pallescens Lam.
Juncus pallidus R. Br.
Juncus persicus Boiss.
Juncus prismatocarpus R. Br.
Juncus procerus E. Mey.
Juncus punctorius L. f.
Juncus pygmaeus Rich. ex Thuill.
Juncus ranarius Songeon & E. P. Perrier
Juncus rechingeri Snogerup
Juncus requienii Parl.
Juncus rigidus Desf.
Juncus sarophorus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus soranthus Schrenk
Juncus sorrentinii Parl.
Juncus sparganiifolius Boiss. & Kotschy ex Buchenau
Juncus sphaerocarpus Nees
Juncus squarrosus L.
Juncus striatus Schousb. ex E. Mey.
Juncus stygius L.
Juncus subnodulosus Schrank
Juncus subsecundus N. A. Wakef.
Juncus subulatus Forssk.
Juncus tenageia Ehrh. ex L. f.
Juncus tenuis Willd.
Juncus thomasii Ten.
Juncus tingitanus Maire & Weiller
Juncus trifidus L.
Juncus triglumis L.
Juncus turkestanicus V. I. Krecz. & Gontsch.
Juncus usitatus L. A. S. Johnson
Juncus vaginatus R. Br.
Juncus valvatus Link

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Finnish: vihvilät sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Swedish: tåg

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl.: 325. 1753

Genbank

Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Juncus L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dd39e0c6-59bb-402b-bf95-f597eac0e263

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

no data

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LR/nt 1996 This species is lower risk and does not qualify for Conservation Dependent, but which are close to qualifying for Vulnerable according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.