936.000 Juncus L.

Description of the genus

Glabrous herbs, generally occurring in wet places. Leaves flat or cylindric, sometimes septate. Inflorescence compound, paniculate, bracteate; bracteoles sometimes present immediately below and clasping the flower. Perianth segments free, ovate or lanceolate, entire, persistent.

Worldwide: c.300 species, more or less cosmopolitan but rare in the tropics

Zimbabwe: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
dregeanus Kunth subsp. bachitii (Steud.) Hedberg	C,E
effusus L. subsp. laxus (Robyns & Tournay) Snogerup	W,E
exsertus Buchenau	N,W,C,E,S
lomatophyllus Spreng.	E
oxycarpus E. Mey. ex Kunth	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
punctorius L.f.	S
rigidus Desf.	N,W,C,S	Image

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