JUNCUSL. - RUSH
Scientific Description:
Perennials, usually rhizomatous, or annuals. Leaves glabrous, like the rest of the plant; sheaths normally open. Flowers either ebracteolate and crowded in monochasial cymes (often condensed into heads), or solitary and subtended by one 2-fid adaxial bracteole and two simple abaxial bracteoles forming a basal involucre. Pollen shed in tetrads. Fruit a many-seeded capsule. Seeds numerous, without or with 1 or 2 scarious appendages.
Reference:
Snogerup S (1985). Juncus L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 1.
Public Description:
Juncus, known as “rush”, is a genus of usually rhizomatous perennial or annual plants and has widespread distribution on the world. There are approximately 348 species in the world and 37 species (37 taxa) in Türkiye. They prefer ponds, marshes or humid habitats. They are characterized by thin, more or less flattened, or round and containing spongy pith nude leaves. They grow in clusters and bear inflorescences near the tips.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juncus/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://hoffmannursery.com/home/the-plants/juncus-rushes/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Juncaceae/Juncus//, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.
Güner A (2012). Juncus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 542–545.
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