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Juncus oxycarpus

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Name

Identification
Juncus exsertus Buchenau [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Juncus oxycarpus Kunth [family JUNCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mauve, A.A., 1977
Related name
  • Juncus suboxycarpus
  • Juncus punctorius
  • Juncus gentilis
  • Juncus oxycarpus
  • Juncus quartinianus
  • Juncus exsertus
  • Juncus brevistylus

Flora

Entry for JUNCUS punctorius Linn. fil. [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 punctorius Linn. fil. [family JUNCACEAE], Suppl. 208;—Thunb. Prodr. 66; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 191; Kunth, Enum. iii. 332; Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 424, t. 8; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 277.
JUNCUS oxycarpus Drège [family JUNCACEAE], Exsic. ex parte non E. Meyer.
JUNCUS exaltatus Desv. [family JUNCACEAE], in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 2, ii. 16.
JUNCUS Schimperi Hochst. [family JUNCACEAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 56; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 338.
JUNCUS acutiflorus Spreng. var. capensis [family JUNCACEAE], Neue Entd. ii. 107.
Information
perennial, tufted on a short rhizome; produced leaf one only from the middle of the stem, long, subulate, septate, the others reduced to sheaths; stem moderately stout, 2–4 ft. long; inflorescence ample, terminal, reaching 1/2 ft. long and broad; flowers many in a cluster; bracts ovate, shorter than the flowers; perianth-segments lanceolate, 1/12 in. long; stamens 6, rather shorter than the perianth; capsule oblong, brown, acute, as long as the perianth; seeds not tailed. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Aberdeen Div.; Camdeboo Mountain, Drège, c. Somerset Div.; banks of Little Fish River, 2800 ft., MacOwan, 1715!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; between Lange Vallei and Oliphants River, Drège, e! Wupperthal, Drège, f; Bosch Kloof, Drège, g. Cape Div.; about the ponds and at Salt River near Cape Town, Burchell, 674! between Lion Mountain and Table Mountain, Burchell, 253! Ecklon, 46, 47. Devils Mountain, Ecklon, 902! Paarl Div.; by the Berg River, Drège, aa. Tulbagh Div.; near Tulbagh waterfall, Ecklon and Zeyher, 5. Worcester Div.; mountains near Worcester, Rehmann, 2549! Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Zeyher, 104. Klapmut, Rehmann, 2265! Uitenhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 648! Drège, h.EASTERN REGION Pondoland; between Umtata River and St. Johns River, Drège, i.KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1871! Transvaal; Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4472! 4473!

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