Juncus triglumis

Juncus triglumis
Botanical illustration
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Juncaceae
Genus:	Juncus
Species:	J. triglumis
Binomial name
Juncus triglumis L. [1]
Synonyms [2]
List Juncus albescens(Lange) Fernald Juncus hancockiiHance Juncus pyrenaicusCadevall & Pau Juncus schischkiniiKrylov & Sumnev. Juncus triglumis var. albescensLange Juncus triglumis var. schischkinii(Krylov & Sumnev.) Novikov Juncus triglumis subsp. wakhaniensisSnogerup

Juncus triglumis, called the three-flowered rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus , native to the subarctic and subalpine Northern Hemisphere. ^{[2] [3]} It is typically found in calcareous tundra habitats and arcto-alpine fens. ^[4] It is often found in association with Carex atrofusca and Carex bicolor in the so-called Caricion bicolori-atrofuscae alliance. ^[5]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted: ^[2]

• Juncus triglumis subsp. albescens(Lange) Hultén - Kamchatka and Chukotka in Far Eastern Russia, Alaska (including the Aleutians), all of Canada except the Yukon, the Rocky Mountains of the United States, and Greenland
• Juncus triglumis subsp. triglumis - Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, Japan, Sakhalin, the Kurils, Alaska (not including the Aleutians), British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories in Canada, and the Rocky Mountains of the United States

References

1. Sp. Pl.: 328 (1753)
2. "Juncus triglumis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
3. Farmer, Carl (17 July 2003). "Three-flowered Rush". plant-identification.co.uk. West Highland Flora. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
4. Dítě, Daniel; Peterka, Tomáš; Dítětová, Zuzana; Hájková, Petra; Hájek, Michal (2017). "Arcto-Alpine Species at Their Niche Margin: The Western Carpathian Refugia of Juncus castaneus and J. triglumis in Slovakia". Annales Botanici Fennici. 54 (1–3): 67–82. doi:10.5735/085.054.0311. S2CID   89962452.
5. Dierßen, K.; Dierßen, Barbara; Dierssen, K.; Dierssen, B. (1985). "Corresponding Caricion bicolori-atrofuscae Communities in Western Greenland, Northern Europe and the Central European Mountains". Vegetatio. 59 (1/3): 151–157. doi:10.1007/BF00055685. JSTOR   20146178. S2CID   6006983.