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Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 Rush family
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genera and about 464 known species[2] of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous
monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow
Interaction on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. The best-known and largest genus is
Help Juncus. Most of the Juncus species grow exclusively in wetland habitats. A few rushes, such as
About Wikipedia Juncus bufonius are annuals, but most are perennials.
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1 Description
Tools 2 Domestic uses
Juncus effusus
What links here 3 References
Scientific classification
Related changes 4 External links
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Special pages Clade: Angiosperms
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Clade: Monocots
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Wikidata item The leaves are evergreen and well-developed in a basal aggregation on an erect stem. They are Clade: Commelinids
Cite this page alternate and tristichous (i.e., with three rows of leaves up the stem, each row of leaves arising
Order: Poales
one-third of the way around the stem from the previous leaf). Only in the genus Distichia are the
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leaves distichous. The rushes of the genus Juncus have flat, hairless leaves or cylindrical
Juss.[1]
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The plants are hermaphroditic or, rarely, dioecious. The small flowers are arranged in
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inflorescences of loose cymes, but also in rather dense heads or corymbs at the top of the stem
Wikimedia Commons or at its side. This family typically has reduced perianth segments called tepals. These are Genera
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usually arranged in two whorls, each containing three thin, papery tepals. They are not bright or Distichia
Languages flashy in appearance, and their color can vary from greenish to whitish, brown, purple, black, or Juncus - rush
hyaline. The three stigmas are in the center of the flowers. As is characteristic of monocots, all of Luzula - woodrush
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Deutsch the flower parts appear in multiples of three. Marsippospermum
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The fruit is usually a nonfleshy, three-sectioned dehiscent capsule containing many seeds.
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Italiano Domestic uses [ edit ] Rostkovia

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The dried pith of plants of this family were used to make a type of candle known as a rushlight.
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中文 The soft rush (Juncus effusus) is called igusa in Japanese and is used to weave the soft surface
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cover of tatami mats.

Edit links In medieval Europe, loose fresh rushes would be strewn on earthen floors in dwellings for cleanliness and insulation. Particularly favored
for such a purpose was Acorus calamus (sweet flag), but despite its alternate vernacular name "sweet rush", it is a plant from a different
monocot order, Acorales.[3]

References [ edit ]

1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering
plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x . Retrieved
2013-06-26.
2. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase" . Phytotaxa. Magnolia
Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
3. ^ Burton, Alfred. Rush-bearing: An Account of the Old Custom of Strewing Rushes: Carrying Rushes to Church; The Rush-Cart; Garlands in
Churches; Morris-Dancers; The Wakes; The Rush. Manchester: Brook & Chrystal, 1891; pp. 1-12

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 "Rush, the common name for species of juncus". The American Cyclopædia. 1879. media related to Juncaceae.
 "Juncaceae". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

Wikidata: Q156169 · Wikispecies: Juncaceae · EoL: 4076 · EPPO: 1JUNF · FloraBase: 22764 · FNA: 10462 ·
FoC: 10462 · Fossilworks: 55814 · GBIF: 5353 · GRIN: 597 · iNaturalist: 52642 · IPNI: 77126749-1 ·
Taxon identifiers IRMNG: 112538 · ITIS: 39219 · NBN: NBNSYS0000160247 · NCBI: 14101 ·
NZOR: a187b90d-95f7-4eab-9580-ea4f85537f3e · POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126749-1 · Tropicos: 50181959 ·
VASCAN: 150 · VicFlora: b89f18f9-06fb-4b01-b3c2-d7908f43e484 · Watson & Dallwitz: juncacea · WoRMS: 394964

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