Biology:Juncus triglumis

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of plant in the genus Juncus

Juncus triglumis
Atlas de la flora alpine (Page 103) BHL10388680.jpg
Botanical illustration
Juncus triglumis.JPG
Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species:
J. triglumis
Binomial name
Juncus triglumis
Synonyms[2]

Juncus triglumis, called the three-flowered rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus, native to the subarctic and subalpine Northern Hemisphere.[2][3] It is typically found in calcareous tundra habitats and arcto-alpine fens.[4] It is often found in association with Carex atrofusca and Carex bicolor in the so-called Caricion bicolori-atrofuscae alliance.[5]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Juncus triglumis subsp. albescens (Lange) Hultén - Kamchatka and Chukotka in Far Eastern Russia, Alaska (including the Aleutians), all of Canada except the Yukon, the Rocky Mountains of the United States, and Greenland
  • Juncus triglumis subsp. triglumis - Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, Japan, Sakhalin, the Kurils, Alaska (not including the Aleutians), British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories in Canada, and the Rocky Mountains of the United States

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 328 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Juncus triglumis L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443609-1. 
  3. Farmer, Carl (17 July 2003). "Three-flowered Rush". West Highland Flora. http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/juncaceae/juncus-triglumis.htm. 
  4. Dítě, Daniel; Peterka, Tomáš; Dítětová, Zuzana; Hájková, Petra; Hájek, Michal (2017). "Arcto-Alpine Species at Their Niche Margin: The Western Carpathian Refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia". Annales Botanici Fennici 54 (1–3): 67–82. doi:10.5735/085.054.0311. 
  5. Dierßen, K.; Dierßen, Barbara; Dierssen, K.; Dierssen, B. (1985). "Corresponding Caricion bicolori-atrofuscae Communities in Western Greenland, Northern Europe and the Central European Mountains". Vegetatio 59 (1/3): 151–157. doi:10.1007/BF00055685. 

Wikidata ☰ Q160893 entry