Juncus inflexus L.

 
  • Family : JUNCACEAE
    (Rush Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JUNCUS FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Juncaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Agathryon inflexum (L.) Záv.Drábk. & Proćków; Juncus glaucus Sibth.; Juncus glaucus var. inflexus (L.) Spenn.; Juncus tenax Poir.; Juncus tenax var. glaucus (Sibth.) Poir.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Juncus inflexus L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Key identification features : Tufted herbs; Stems rigid, distinctly striated; Leaves reduced to flat sheaths; Flowers green or whitish in axillary cymes; Capsules ovoid, mucronate.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, France, Fr
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 221
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Juncus inflexus. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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