JUNCACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 102

CLXXXIX. JUNCACEAE 1

Herbs, usually perennial. Leaves long and narrow, with sheathing base, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, protogynous, usually crowded in monochasial cymes which are sometimes condensed into heads, or solitary. Perianth-segments 6, in 2 whorls. Stamens free, in (l-)2 whorls of 3. Ovary superior, 1 - or 3-locular; stigmas 3; ovules 3 or numerous. Fruit a dehiscent, loculicidal capsule; seeds endospermic, often with a basal appendage.

Literature: F. Buchenau Bot. Jahrb. 12: 1-498 (1890).

Leaves not ciliate; capsule many-seeded 1. Juncus Leaves usually ciliate, at least when young; capsule 3-seeded

2. Luzula