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Juncaceae

Juncaceae
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Max Licher
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Ralph E. Brooks;Steven E. Clemants;  in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Herbs, perennial, occasionally annual, usually rhizomatous, orsometimes cespitose. Culms round or flat. Leaves mostly basal; sheath margins fused or overlapping, often with 2 earlike extensions (auricles) at blade junction; blade flat or round, glabrous or margins hairy. Inflorescences of headlike clusters or single flowers variously arranged; bracts subtending inflorescence 1 or more2, mostly leaflike; bracts subtending inflorescence branches 1--2, reduced; bracteoles subtending solitary flower 0--2, translucent, reduced. Flowers usually bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals and petals similar, persistent, green to brown or purplish black; stamens usually 3 or 6; anthers persistent, linear; pistils 1; ovaries superior, locules 1 or 3, placentas 1 and basal or 3 and axile or parietal; stigmas generally longer than styles. Fruits capsules, loculicidal. Seeds 3--many, often with white appendages on 1 or both ends.
Species within checklist: Maine Monocots || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Juncoides nemorosum
Media
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Juncoides saltuense
Media resource of Juncoides saltuense
Juncus acuminatus
Media resource of Juncus acuminatus
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Media resource of Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Juncus alpinus
Media resource of Juncus alpinus
Juncus ambiguus
Media resource of Juncus ambiguus
Juncus anthelatus
Media resource of Juncus anthelatus
Juncus arcticus
Media resource of Juncus arcticus
Juncus aristulatus
Media resource of Juncus aristulatus
Juncus articulatus
Media resource of Juncus articulatus
Juncus balticus
Media resource of Juncus balticus
Juncus brachycephalus
Media resource of Juncus brachycephalus
Juncus brachyphyllus
Media resource of Juncus brachyphyllus
Juncus brevicaudatus
Media resource of Juncus brevicaudatus
Juncus bufonius
Media resource of Juncus bufonius
Juncus bulbosus
Media resource of Juncus bulbosus
Juncus canadensis
Media resource of Juncus canadensis
Juncus compressus
Media resource of Juncus compressus
Juncus conglomeratus
Media resource of Juncus conglomeratus
Juncus dichotomus
Media resource of Juncus dichotomus
Juncus dudleyi
Media resource of Juncus dudleyi
Juncus effusus
Media resource of Juncus effusus
Juncus filiformis
Media resource of Juncus filiformis
Juncus gerardii
Media resource of Juncus gerardii
Juncus greenei
Media resource of Juncus greenei
Juncus lesueurii
Media resource of Juncus lesueurii
Juncus marginatus
Media resource of Juncus marginatus
Juncus militaris
Media resource of Juncus militaris
Juncus nodosus
Media resource of Juncus nodosus
Juncus oronensis
Media resource of Juncus oronensis
Juncus pelocarpus
Media resource of Juncus pelocarpus
Juncus pylaei
Media resource of Juncus pylaei
Juncus richardsonianus
Media resource of Juncus richardsonianus
Juncus secundus
Media resource of Juncus secundus
Juncus stygius
Media resource of Juncus stygius
Juncus subcaudatus
Media resource of Juncus subcaudatus
Juncus subtilis
Media resource of Juncus subtilis
Juncus tenuis
Media resource of Juncus tenuis
Juncus torreyi
Media resource of Juncus torreyi
Juncus trifidus
Media resource of Juncus trifidus
Juncus vaseyi
Media resource of Juncus vaseyi
Juncus x oronensis
Media resource of Juncus x oronensis
Luzula acuminata
Media resource of Luzula acuminata
Luzula arcuata
Media resource of Luzula arcuata
Luzula bulbosa
Media resource of Luzula bulbosa
Luzula campestris
Media resource of Luzula campestris
Luzula confusa
Media resource of Luzula confusa
Luzula congesta
Media resource of Luzula congesta
Luzula luzuloides
Media resource of Luzula luzuloides
Luzula multiflora
Media resource of Luzula multiflora
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