JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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ID refs
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Genus 12 subtaxa 221 images 4 ident. refs
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Genus 5 subtaxa 57 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyJUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A. 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guide, 256pp, HarperCollins
Phillips, R. 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 191pp, Pan Books
Rose, F. 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe 240pp, Viking
() Stokoe, W.J. 1942 *** The Observer’s Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 7, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

JUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for JUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 323 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for JUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
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