Juncus effusus

Juncus effusus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus effusus
Subspecies (5): J. e. subsp. austrocalifornicus – J. e. subsp. effusus – J. e. subsp. laxus – J. e. subsp. pacificus – J. e. subsp. solutus

Name

Juncus effusus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 326 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Falkland Is., Hawaii, Irkutsk, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 326. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kirschner, J. et al. 2002. Juncaceae 2: Juncus subg. Juncus. (Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 7). 336 pp., Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56823-5. PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) PDF (part 3) PDF (part 4) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Juncus effusus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Juncus effusus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Juncus effusus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Mar 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Juncus effusus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 06 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Juncus effusus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

• dansk: Lyse-Siv
• Deutsch: Flatter-Binse
• English: Soft rush
• español: Junco de esteras
• suomi: Röyhyvihvilä
• magyar: Békaszittyó
• italiano: Giunco comune
• 日本語: イグサ
• Nederlands: Pitrus
• polski: Sit rozpierzchły
• 中文: 燈心草

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