Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Juncaceae > Genus Juncus

Juncus acutus L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

JuncusL.accepted genus name
Cephaloxys Desv. heterotypic synonym
Juncastrum Fourr. heterotypic synonym
Juncinella Fourr. heterotypic synonym
Microschoenus C. B. Clarke heterotypic synonym
Phylloschoenus Fourr. heterotypic synonym
Tenageia (Dumort.) Fourr. heterotypic synonym
Tristemon Raf. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Juncus acutus [unranked] megalocarpus Asch. & Graebn. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Juncus acutus var. conglobatus Trautv. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Juncus acutus var. conglomeratus Buchenau homotypic synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Juncus acutus L. subsp. acutus
Juncus acutus subsp. leopoldii (Parl.) Snogerup

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: jonc agut; jonc marí sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 English: Sharp rush sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Sharp Rush sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: ihi; ihia; iña; ira; iya; sarrachi; seska; ya sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: carronceira; juncal; junqueira; Luachair bhiorach; mata de junco; xunco; xunco pinchudo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Irish: Luachair bhiorach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Portuguese: junça; junco agudo; junco de praia; junco-agudo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: hunco; ira; junco con borla; junco con flueque; junco espinoso; junco redondo; junco silvestre; junquilla sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Valencian: jonc; jonc agut sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Welsh: brwynen lem

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Juncus acutus L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=3D57E1AB-A00A-484F-A97C-C29CEBF1FE6D

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status NT 2010This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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