View source for Juncaceae ← Juncaceae You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Juncaceae |accepted_authority=A. L. Jussieu |publications= |common_names=Rush Family |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Juncaceae |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 211 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, occasionally annual, usually rhizomatous, orsometimes cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="culm shape;culm shape"><b>Culms </b>round or flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="sheath margin fusion;sheath margin arrangement;extension quantity;extension shape">sheath margins fused or overlapping, often with 2 earlike extensions (auricles) at blade junction;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade pubescence;margin pubescence">blade flat or round, glabrous or margins hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower shape;flower arrangement;flower quantity;flower arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>of headlike clusters or single flowers variously arranged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract quantity;bract quantity;bract architecture or shape">bracts subtending inflorescence 1 or more2, mostly leaflike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence branch quantity;inflorescence branch size">bracts subtending inflorescence branches 1–2, reduced;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="subtending flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;subtending flower quantity;subtending flower coloration or reflectance;subtending flower size">bracteoles subtending solitary flower 0–2, translucent, reduced.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>usually bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal coloration;petal duration;petal coloration">sepals and petals similar, persistent, green to brown or purplish black;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen quantity">stamens usually 3 or 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther duration;anther arrangement or course or shape">anthers persistent, linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil quantity">pistils 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary position;locule quantity;locule quantity;placenta quantity;placenta position;placenta quantity;placenta arrangement;placenta arrangement">ovaries superior, locules 1 or 3, placentas 1 and basal or 3 and axile or parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma length or size">stigmas generally longer than styles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;appendage coloration;end quantity"><b>Seeds </b>3–many, often with white appendages on 1 or both ends.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Arctic and temperate regions;tropical mountains |discussion=<p>Genera 9, species ca. 350 (2 genera, 1108 species in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=buchenau1890a |text=Buchenau, F. 1890. Monographia Juncacearum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 1--495, 622--623, plates 1--3. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=buchenau1906a |text=Buchenau, F. 1906. Juncaceae. In: H. G. A. Engler, ed. 1900--1953. Das Pflanzenreich.... 107 vols. Berlin. Vol. 25[IV, 26], pp. 1--284. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves glabrous, sheaths open; fruits 1- or 3-chambered; seeds many |[[Juncus|Juncus]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves generally with hairy margins; fruits 1-chambered; seeds 3 |[[Luzula|Luzula]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Juncaceae |author=Ralph E. Brooks;Steven E. Clemants |authority=A. L. Jussieu |rank=family |parent rank= |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Juncaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Arctic and temperate regions;tropical mountains |reference=buchenau1890a;buchenau1906a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_24.xml |anther arrangement or course or shape=linear |anther duration=persistent |appendage coloration=white |blade pubescence=glabrous |blade shape=round;flat |bract architecture or shape=leaflike |bract quantity=more2;1 |culm shape=flat;round |end quantity=1 |extension quantity=2 |extension shape=earlike |flower architecture or shape=symmetric |flower arrangement=arranged;cluster |flower quantity=single |flower reproduction=bisexual |flower shape=headlike |fruits capsule dehiscence=loculicidal |inflorescence branch quantity=1;2 |inflorescence branch size=reduced |leaf position=basal |locule quantity=3;1 |margin pubescence=hairy |ovary position=superior |petal coloration=green;brown or purplish black |petal duration=persistent |pistil quantity=1 |placenta arrangement=parietal;axile |placenta position=basal |placenta quantity=3;1 |seed quantity=3;many |sepal coloration=green;brown or purplish black |sepal duration=persistent |sheath margin arrangement=overlapping |sheath margin fusion=fused |stamen quantity=6;3 |stigma length or size=generally longer |subtending flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |subtending flower coloration or reflectance=translucent |subtending flower quantity=0;2 |subtending flower size=reduced |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=annual;perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]] Templates used on this page: Juncaceae Illustrations (view source) Template:Juncaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Juncaceae.