Juncus dichotomus

Juncus dichotomus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus dichotomus

Name edit

Juncus dichotomus Elliott, 1817

Synonyms edit

  • Juncus albicans Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 45: 415 (1910)
  • Juncus cognatus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 349 (1841)
  • Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus Wiegand, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 30: 448 (1903)
  • Juncus platyphyllus (Wiegand) Fernald, Rhodora 47: 124 (1945)
  • Juncus tenuis ssp. dichotomus (Elliott) Verloove & Lambinon, New J. Bot. 1(1): 40 (2011)
  • Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus (Elliott) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 726 (1861)
  • Juncus tenuis var. platyphyllus (Wiegand) Cory, Rhodora 38: 405 (1936)
  • Juncus tenuis var. unicornis E.Mey., Linnaea 3: 371 (1828)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • 'Regional:USA
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
    • 'Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
  • Continental: Southern America
    • 'Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Costa Rica
    • 'Regional: Caribbean
      • Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico
    • 'Regional: Northern South America
      • Venezuela (Merida); Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
    • 'Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)
    • 'Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, Neuquen, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman); Paraguay (Guaira); Uruguay (Florida, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres)
    • 'Regional: Western South America
      • Chile (Maule, Bio Bio, Araucania)
    • Introduced into:
      • ^Austria, Belgium, Italy, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Forked rush
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