Biology:Oreojuncus

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Short description: Genus of Juncaceae plants

Oreojuncus
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Oreojuncus trifidus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Oreojuncus
Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner[1]
Species

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Oreojuncus is a small genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae, found in the eastern United States, eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, most of Europe, northern Russia, western Siberia and the Altai.[2] Their chromosome number is 2n=30 (x=15), whereas Juncus, from which they were split, has x=20.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Oreojuncus monanthos (Jacq.) Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner
  • Oreojuncus trifidus (L.) Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner

References

  1. Preslia 85: 498 (2013)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Oreojuncus Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77135598-1. 
  3. Záveská Drábková, Lenka (2013). "A Survey of Karyological Phenomena in the Juncaceae with Emphasis on Chromosome Number Variation and Evolution". The Botanical Review 79 (3): 401–446. doi:10.1007/s12229-013-9127-6. 

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