Juncus pygmaeus

Juncus pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus pygmaeus

Name

Juncus pygmaeus Rich. ex Thuill.

Synonyms

• Juncinella pygmaea (Rich. ex Thuill.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, N. S. 17: (1869) 171
• Juncus bicephalus Viv., Fl. Cors. Sp. Nov. 5 (1824)
• Juncus minae Strobl ex Nyman, Consp. 749 (1882)
• Juncus nanus Dubois, Method Eprouv. Pl. Fr. 276 (1803)
• Juncus pygmaeus f. lacustris (Lange) Fern.-Carv., An. Jard. Bot. Madrid, 39(2): 314 [1982] (1983)
• Juncus pygmaeus f. submersus Glück, Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgew. 3: 226 (1911)
• Juncus pygmaeus var. bicephalus (Viv.) Buchenau, Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 36: 165 (1906)
• Juncus pygmaeus var. brachycarpus P.Candargy, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 373 (1897)
• Juncus pygmaeus var. lacustris Lange, Bot. Tidsskr., II, 1: 276 (1872)
• Juncus pygmaeus var. umbelloides Holkema, Plantengr. Ned. Noordzee-Eil.: 115 (1870)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands Regional: Southwestern Europe Corsica, France, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Croatia, Sicily, Greece Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), Lebanon (C-Lebanon), East Aegaean Isl. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richard, L.C.M., 1800. Fl. Env. Paris ed. 2: 178.

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 pygmaeus 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 pygmaeus. 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 pygmaeus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Juncus pygmaeus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: أسل قزمي
Cymraeg: Brwynen fach
dansk: Dværgsiv
Deutsch: Zwerg-Binse, Zwergsimse
English: pigmy rush
français: jonc nain
Nederlands: Dwergrus, dwergrus
svenska: Dvärgtåg

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