Juncus maritimus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus maritimus
Name

Juncus maritimus Lam.
Synonyms

Juncastrum maritimum Fourr., Ann. Soc. Limt. Lyon, N. S. 17: (1869) 171
Juncus broteroi Steud., Syn. Pl. Cyp. 297 (1855)
Juncus maritimus ponticus (Steven) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 456 (1904)
Juncus maritimus var. atlanticus J.W.White, J. Bot. 52: 19 (1914)
Juncus maritimus var. congestus L.B.Hall, J. Bot. 66: 361 (1928)
Juncus maritimus var. luxurians Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 3: 152 (1909)
Juncus maritimus var. nervatus Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 3: 152 (1909)
Juncus paui Sennen, Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1925: 5432 (1925)
Juncus ponticus Stev., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 30: (1857) u. III. 94
Juncus pseudacutus Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 100 (1895)
Juncus spinosus var. congestus (L.B.Hall) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 9(2): 240 (1930)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

'Continental: Eurasia
Albania; Austria; Belgium; Baleares; England; Channel Isl.; Bulgaria; Corsica; Crete; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Netherlands; Spain; Hungary; Italy; Montenegro; Slovenia; Croatia; Portugal; Romania; Ukraine; Crimea; E-European Russia; Georgia [Caucasus]; Northern Caucasus; Azerbaijan; Sardinia; Sicily; Sweden; Turkmenistan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Cyprus (S-Cyprus); East Aegaean Isl.; European Turkey; Iran (NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan); Israel (coastal W-Israel); Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Karachi); ?NW-India
Continental: Africa
'Regional:Northern Africa
Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Libya (incl. Tibesti)
'Regional:Macaronesia
Azores (Terceira, Pico); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma Isl.)

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

Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 3: 264

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 maritimus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Juncus maritimus. 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 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Juncus maritimus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Juncus maritimus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Juncus maritimus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Mar 07.

Vernacular names
English: Sea rush
suomi: Marskivihvilä
Nordfriisk: Rosk

Juncus maritimus, known as the sea rush, is a species of rush that grows on coastlines.[1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with Juncus kraussii.[2] It has a wide distribution across the western Palearctic realm (all of Europe, western Asia and the Maghreb).[3][4]
References

"USDA Plants Database".
"FloraBase Name Currency Search: Juncus maritimus Lam". Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
"Juncus maritimus Lam". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
Paul Adam Saltmarsh Ecology, p. 204, at Google Books