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Juncus maritimus

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Identification
Juncus littoralis C.A.Mey. [family JUNCACEAE ] (stored under name); Juncus maritimus Lam. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Sven E. Snogerup, Juncus hoppii Noë ex Nyman [family JUNCACEAE ]
Related name
  • Juncus socotranus
  • Juncus rigidus
  • Juncus maritimus
  • Juncus hoppii
  • Juncus unrecorded
  • Juncus littoralis
  • Juncus acutus
  • Juncus paui
Common name
  • Seaside rush, Flora of North America Vol. 22

Flora

Entry for JUNCUS maritimus Lam. [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 maritimus Lam. [family JUNCACEAE], Encyc. iii. 264;—Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 422, t. 5 (“4”); Engl. Jahrb. xii. 256.
JUNCUS Kraussii Hochst. [family JUNCACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 342; Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 418.
JUNCUS acutus E. Meyer [family JUNCACEAE], in Flora, 1843, Beig. 51, 56.
JUNCUS spretus Roem. et Schultes [family JUNCACEAE], Syst. Veg. vii. ii. 1656, in obs.
Information
perennial, densely tufted on a short rhizome; leaves few, basal, terete, resembling the stems, dilated at the base into pale brown sheaths; stems terete, 2–3 ft. long, less robust and less pungent at the tip than in J. acutus; panicle very compound, produced from the side of the stem a short distance below the tip; flowers clustered; bracts ovate; perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, drab-green, 1/12 in. long; stamens 6; capsule oblong, brown, as long as or a little longer than the perianth; seeds distinctly or indistinctly tailed. null
Range
Also in the North Temperate zone of both hemispheres.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; between the Zuurberg Range and Klein Bruintjes Hoogte, 2000–2500 ft., Drège! Richmond Div.; vicinity of Stylkloof, 4000–5000 ft., Drège! Albert Div., Cooper, 1372!COAST REGION Cape Div.; marshy places near Cape Town, below 100 ft., Bolus, 4811! Salt River, Burchell, 677! Cape Flats, Krauss. Devils Mountain, Ecklon, 903! Camps Bay, Burchell, 336! between the Lions Head and Table Mountain, Burchell, 252/2! Stellenbosch Div.; Klapmut, Rehmann, 2266! Mossel Bay Div.; hills near the landing-place at Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6286! George Div.; Malgat River, Krauss. Uitenhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 4, 647! Van Stadens River, MacOwan, 2085! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 885!EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, Rehmann, 8589! Buchanan, 126! 364! Cooper, 3330! Gerrard, 709!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Lower Campbell, Burchell, 1812!

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