Biology:Juncus validus

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Juncus

Juncus validus
Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States (Page 642) BHL3347106.jpg
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species:
J. validus
Binomial name
Juncus validus
Coville
Synonyms[1]
  • Juncus crassifolius Buchenau
  • Juncus scirpoides subvar. major Engelm.

Juncus validus, the roundhead rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae, native to the central and southeastern United States.[1][2] It is a somewhat weedy species, found along wet roadsides and in ditches.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Juncus validus Coville". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132364-2. 
  2. "Juncus validus Coville roundhead rush". United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=JUVA2. 
  3. Knapp, Wesley Martin (2014). "Juncus fascinatus (Juncaceae), a new combination in Juncus sect. Ozophyllum and notes on morphologically similar species". Phytotaxa 174 (5): 243. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.174.5.1. "Key to ... similar species of Juncus". 

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