Part 7. JUNCACEAE 2: Juncus - Species Plantarum Programme

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SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2002)
From Turkey (C and E Anatolia) and Syria to N Iran, Caucasus and Middle Asia. 32: TKM,
TZK. 33: TCS. 34: IRN, LBS, TUR. Permanently or seasonally wet places, slightly to
strongly saline habitats, known from sites between 800–1700 m. Map 178.
32. TADZHIKISTAN: Zeravshan, Peyshambe, B.Fedtschenko 1280 (K). 33. GEORGIA: Kartalinia, Gori,
V.F.Brotherus (BM, H). 34. IRAN: Khoi, Furse 2315 (E, K, W); Lake Rezaiyeh, Jacobs 6894 (E, K, L, W).
SYRIA: Aleppo, Russel (BM). TURKEY: Agri, Diyadin, Hewitt 258 (E); Eskisehir, Secmen & al. 3442
(LD); Konya, Ak Göl, Secmen & E.Leblebici 3076 (LD).
4. Juncus socotranus (Buchenau) Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 49 (1993)
Juncus maritimus Lam. var. socotranus Buchenau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 258 (1890). T: Socotra, Kisher,
1000–600 m, 29 Apr 1881, G.A.Schweinfurth 604; holo: K; iso: WU.
Illustration: S.Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 50, fig. 10 (1993).
Map: S.Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 51, fig. 11 (1993).
Perennials, 80–150 (–200) cm tall, densely caespitose; shoots intravaginal; rhizome short.
Stem 2–4 (–6) mm in diam. Basal leaves up to 10, 25–110 cm long, 2–4 mm in diam.; leaf
sheaths broad, basally brown, forming a thick cover around the base. Lower two bracts leaflike,
pungent, with longer one 8–25 (–40) cm long including a 4–8 cm long sheath, usually
shorter than inflorescence; middle bracts small, amplexicaul, with small pointed blade; head
bracts shorter than flowers, ovate, acuminate. Inflorescence (13–) 20–40 × (2–) 5–10 (–15) cm,
±lax, often storied, of (60–) 200–500 or more (1–) 2–4 (–6)-flowered heads. Tepals 2.2–3.0 mm
long, equal or with the inner ones slightly longer; margin scarious; outer tepals slightly
broader apically; mucro to 0.2 mm long; inner tepals oblong, obtuse, distally widely
bordered silvery hyaline and cucullate, not or slightly notched. Bracts and tepals
±conspicuously red punctulate-striulate. Stamens 6, 2/3–3/4 as long as tepals; anthers
1.1–1.7 mm long, (2.5–) 4–6 times as long as filaments; style 1–1.5 mm long; stigmas
1.5–2.5 mm long. Capsule 2.5–3 mm long, exceeding tepals, trigono-ovoidal to spheroidal,
abruptly contracted to (0.1–) 0.3–0.6 mm mucro, dark brown, trilocular, 25–35-seeded. Seeds
0.6–0.8 × 0.25–0.35 mm, or 0.85–1.5 mm long including appendages, narrowly ovoid,
c. 20-striate; appendages ±unequal. Fig. 42.
Middle East from Socotra and Saudi Arabia to Iran. 24: SOC. 34: IRN. 35: GST, OMA,
SAU, YEM. Along streams, saline habitats, most often between 600–1000 m, rarely to 2500 m.
Map 179.
24. SOCOTRA: Adhein, 950 m, Gwynne 194 (BM). 34. IRAN: Bandar-Abbas, 35 km from Senderk to
Araghin Deh-e-Ziaraton, 1000 m, V.Mozaffarian 44488 (LD). 35. GULF STATES: Fujairah Emirate,
between Khatt and Dibla, Western 19 (E). OMAN: Mascate, P.M.R.Aucher-Eloy 5475 (K); Amlah near Ibri,
Nadi al Ayn, 500 m, Whitcombe 71 (E); Yangul, H.W.Lawton 2274 (BM). SAUDI ARABIA: Khaybar,
Zeller 16403 (BM); Popov 71/64 (BM); Bashawat Shimran, Al-Sheik 528E (CAI). YEMEN: Dhamar,
10 km W, Wood 2986 (BM, K).
5. Juncus maritimus Lam., Encycl. 3: 264 (1789)
T: ‘en Angleterre, en France’; lecto: P-LAM, photo 657, fide S.Snogerup, Willdenowia 23: 52 (1993).
Juncus broteroi Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 297 (1855). T: [Portugal] Lusitania, F.M.J.Welwitsch
[It. Lusit.] 330; syn: BM, G, K.
Juncus ponticus Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 94 (1857); Juncus maritimus B. [unranked]
ponticus (Steven) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 456 (1904). T: [Ukraine, Crimea], 'Taur.
merid.', 1803, C.Steven; holo: H.
Juncus pseudacutus Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Espan. 6: 100 (1895). T: Spain, Monreal del Campo, Aug 1894, Juan
Benedicto; syn: n.v.
Juncus paui Sennen, Pl. Espagne, no. 5432 (1925). T: Spain, Barcelona, Castelldefels, E.M.Sennen
[Pl. Espagne] 5432; syn: BM, G, LD.
Juncus maritimus var. congestus L.B.Hall, J. Bot. 66: 361 (1928); Juncus spinosus var. congestus (L.B.Hall)
Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 9(2): 240 (1930). T: Great Britain, Dorset, near Poole Harbour,
L.B.Hall; syn: BM, K, NMW.