Juncus alpinoarticulatus

Juncus alpinoarticulatus, called the northern green rush and the alpine rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus, with a circumboreal distribution.[2][3] It prefers wet sandy soils, peat bogs, acidic fens, and ditches.[4]

Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species:
J. alpinoarticulatus
Binomial name
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Chaix[1]
Synonyms[2]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. alpestris (Hartm.) Hämet-Ahti – northern Europe, Iceland
  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. alpinoarticulatus – Europe, Morocco, Caucasus
  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. americanus (Farw.) Hämet-Ahti – Greenland, North America, Russian Far East
  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. fischerianus (Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.) Hämet-Ahti –Asia, northeastern Europe
  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. fuscescens (Fernald) Hämet-Ahti – central USA
  • Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. rariflorus (Hartm.) Holub – northern Europe to western Siberia

References

  1. Pl. Vapinc.: 74 (1785)
  2. "Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. "Plant profile for Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix northern green rush". Plants Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. Schweingruber, Fritz H.; Kučerová, Andrea; Adamec, Lubomír; Doležal, Jiří (2020). "Stem anatomy in monocotyledonous aquatic and wetland plants". Anatomic Atlas of Aquatic and Wetland Plant Stems. pp. 466–478. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33420-8_75. ISBN 978-3-030-33419-2.


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