Juncus alpinoarticulatus

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Juncus

Juncus alpinoarticulatus

Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Juncaceae
Genus:  | Juncus
Species:  |

J. alpinoarticulatus

Binomial name
Juncus alpinoarticulatus

Chaix[1]

Synonyms[2]

List

*     * Juncus affinis R.Br.
* Juncus alpestris Hartm.
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus var. marshallii (Pugsley) P.D.Sell
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. nodulosus (Wahlenb.) Hämet-Ahti
* Juncus alpinus var. americanus Farw.
* Juncus alpinus subsp. australis Hyl.
* Juncus alpinus var. fuscescens Fernald
* Juncus alpinus f. obtusatus (Hartm.) Lindq.
* Juncus carpaticus Simonk.
* Juncus fischerianus Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.
* Juncus fuscoater Schreb.
* Juncus marshallii Pugsley
* Juncus mucroniflorus Clairv.
* Juncus nodulosus Wahlenb.
* Juncus rariflorus Hartm.
* Juncus rariflorus var. obtusatus Hartm.
* Juncus richardsonianus Schult. & Schult.f.
* Juncus sosnowskyi Novikov
* Juncus ustulatus Hoppe

Juncus alpinoarticulatus, called the northern green rush and the alpine rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus, with a circumboreal distribution.[2][3] It prefers wet sandy soils, peat bogs, acidic fens, and ditches.[4]

## Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. alpestris (Hartm.) Hämet-Ahti – northern Europe, Iceland
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. alpinoarticulatus – Europe, Morocco, Caucasus
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. americanus (Farw.) Hämet-Ahti – Greenland, North America, Russian Far East
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. fischerianus (Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.) Hämet-Ahti –Asia, northeastern Europe
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. fuscescens (Fernald) Hämet-Ahti – central USA
* Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. rariflorus (Hartm.) Holub – northern Europe to western Siberia

## References

1. ↑ Pl. Vapinc.: 74 (1785)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77177309-1.
3. ↑ "Plant profile for Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix northern green rush". USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUAL4.
4. ↑ 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.

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