Juncus filiformis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus filiformis
Name

Juncus filiformis L., 1753
Synonyms

Juncus balticus f. pusillus (Fr.) Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 655 (1901)
Juncus filiformis f. flaccidus Borza & Nyár., Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 19: 32 (1939)
Juncus filiformis f. prostratus Freiberg, Bemerk. Cyper. Junc. Exs.: 10 (1911)
Juncus filiformis lusus prolifer Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 441 (1904)
Juncus filiformis transsilvanicus (Schur) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 441 (1904)
Juncus filiformis var. aphyllus E.Mey., Syn. Junc.: 17 (1822), nom. inval.
Juncus filiformis var. foliatus E.Mey., Syn. Junc.: 17 (1822), nom. superfl.
Juncus filiformis var. kulczynskii Racib., Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. 22(2): 11 (1888)
Juncus filiformis var. pluriflorus Krylov, Fl. Alt. 6: 1411 (1912)
Juncus filiformis var. pusillus Fr., , N

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

'Continental: Temp. Northern Hemisphere
Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Andorra; N-Spain; Iceland; Italy; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia & Kosovo; ?Montenegro; ?Macedonia; Slovenia; Croatia; Norway; Poland; Romania; Greece; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; C-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; Ukraine; Sicily; Sweden; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia); Russian Far East (incl. Kamchatka, Kuril Isl., Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Turkey (NE-Anatolia); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Xinjiang); Mongolia; South Georgia Isl. [I]; Chile [I]; Alaska; USA (Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming); Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); Greenland; St. Pierre et Miquelon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 326. Reference page.

Additional references

Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Juncus filiformis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Juncus filiformis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Juncus filiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Juncus filiformis. Published online. Accessed: Mar 06 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Juncus filiformis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Faden-Binse
English: Thread Rush
suomi: Jouhivihvilä
français: Jonc filiforme
hornjoserbsce: Ćeńka syćina
Nederlands: Draad-Rus
slovenščina: nitasto ločje
svenska: Trådtåg

Juncus filiformis, called the thread rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus, with a circumboreal distribution.[2][3] It has been introduced to South Georgia Island.[2] It is typically found in wetlands, on the borders of lakes and streams.[4]
References

Sp. Pl.: 326 (1753)
"Juncus filiformis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
"Juncus filiformis thread rush". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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. S2CID 213126379.