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Juncus bufonius

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Name

Identification
Juncus bufonius L. [family JUNCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jan Kirschner, Juncus plebeius R.Br. [family JUNCACEAE ]
Related name
  • Juncus bufonius
  • Juncus
  • Juncus prolifer
  • Juncus amuricus
  • Juncus sphaerocarpus
  • Juncus supinus
  • Juncus sp.
  • Juncus not on sheet
  • Juncus hybridus
  • Juncus plebeius
  • Juncus foliosus

Flora

Entry for JUNCUS bufonius Linn. [family JUNCACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 16, (1900) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
JUNCUS bufonius Linn. [family JUNCACEAE], Sp. Plant. 328;—Kunth, Enum. iii. 353; Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 416; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 174.
JUNCUS dregeanus Presl [family JUNCACEAE], Bot. Bemerk. 117, non Kunth.
JUNCUS ranarius Nees [family JUNCACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 243, non Song. et Perr.
JUNCUS plebejus Krauss [family JUNCACEAE], in Flora 1845, 342, non R. Br.
Information
annual, densely tufted; leaves slender, subulate, channelled down the face, the lower nearly as long as the stem, the upper shorter; stem slender, 3–12 in. long; flowers usually single, arranged in lax forked spikes; bracts ovate, scariose, minute; perianth-segments green, lanceolate; stamens much shorter than the perianth, sometimes 3 abortive; capsule oblong, brown, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, rather shorter than the perianth; seeds not tailed. null
Range
Cosmopolitan.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Prince Albert Div.; by the Gamka River, 2500–3000 ft., Drège, Somerset Div.; between the Zuurberg Range and Klein Bruintjes Hoogte, Drège.COAST REGION Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Bolus, 4810! Ecklon, 26, 49, 84, 905! Cape Flats, Krauss, between Tygerberg and Simons Berg, below 500 ft., Drège, 8790; between Rondebosch and Wynberg, Burchell, 761! Simons Bay, MacGillivray, 425! Tulbagh Div.; Mitchells Pass, Rehmann, 2367! Paarl Div.; by the Berg River, under 500 ft., Drège! Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Ecklon, 20, 85, Somerset, Ecklon, 6.KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1858!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; between Pedros Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! Rood Berg, 2500–3500 ft., Drège.

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