There are no nomenclatural changes in the previous section Juncus .

The current nomenclature of the species that previously belonged to the section (and are the only species/taxa now included in the genus Juncus) is as follows:

1. Juncus acutus L., Sp. Pl. 325 (1753)

1b. Juncus acutus subsp. leopoldii (Parl.) Snogerup, Bot. Not. 130: 187 (1978)

9. Juncus cooperi Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 590 (1868)

3. Juncus heldreichianus T.Marsson ex Parl., Fl. Ital. 2: 315 (1852)

3b. Juncus heldreichianus subsp. orientalis Snogerup, in K. H.Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 75: 7 (1971) 7. Juncus kraussii Hochst., in C.Krauss, Flora 28: 342 (1845)

7b. Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis (Buchenau) Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 61 (1993)

7c. Juncus kraussii subsp. austerus (Buchenau) Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 63 (1993)

2. Juncus littoralis C.A.Mey., Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 34 (1831)

5. Juncus maritimus Lam., Encycl. 3: 264 (1789)

6. Juncus rigidus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 312 (1800)

8. Juncus roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea 22: 348 (1849)

4. Juncus socotranus (Buchenau) Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 49 (1993)