Part 6. JUNCACEAE 1: Rostkovia to Luzula - Species Plantarum ...
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SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2002)<br />
Mountains of Spain and the Great Atlas in N Africa. 12: SPA. 20: MOR. Alpine grasslands<br />
and open scree slopes. Map 59.<br />
12. SPAIN: Granada, Sierra Nevada, Picacho Veleta, 2800 m, E.Wängsjö & G.Wängsjö 3840 (LD); P.Porta &<br />
G.Rigo [It. iii Hisp.] 512 (WU); Sierra Nevada, Valle de Genil, Hoya de la Moya, 2600 m, E.Wängsjö &<br />
G.Wängsjö 3865 (LD); Madrid, Sierra de Gredos, Risco de la Cocina, E.Bourgeau [Pl. Esp.] 2555 (W); Sierra<br />
de la Demanda, Laguna Negra, 1930 m, 21 Jul 1990, C.Garcia-Herran (NEU91-1190; 2n=24); Huesca,<br />
Pirineos centrales, Formigal, 1700 m, 21 Aug 1992, C.Garcia-Herran (NEU92-892; 2n=24).<br />
20. MOROCCO: the Great Atlas, Jebel Toubkal, 3300–3600 m, P.H.Davis 55492 (E).<br />
A taxon very close <strong>to</strong> subsp. italica but with all floral parts smaller. The relationship of some<br />
inland Spanish populations and some Pyrenean plants remains unclear.<br />
30. <strong>Luzula</strong> pediformis (Chaix) DC., in J.B.A.P. de M. de Lamarck & A.P. de Candolle,<br />
Fl. Franç., 3rd edn, 3: 162 (1805)<br />
Juncus pediformis Chaix, in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 318 (ii 1786). T: France, ‘à Chaudun, à la<br />
Grangette’; syn: n.v.; ‘Dauphiny’, D.Villars; possible syn: LINN-SMITH; Col de la Coche, Lautaret,<br />
D.Villars; authentic material: GRM26858.<br />
Juncus nutans Chaix ex Vill., in J.-E.Gilibert, Syst. Pl. Eur. 1: 34 (1785), nom. inval., opus oppressus; Fl.<br />
Delphin. 34 (vi 1786); <strong>Luzula</strong> nutans (Vill.) Duval-Jouve, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 10: 80 (1863); Juncoides<br />
nutans (Vill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 724 (1891). T: [France] ’Challiol de Vieil, Embrun etc.’, D.Chaix;<br />
syn: ?GRM, n.v.<br />
Illustration: S.Pignatti, Fl. Ital. 3: 447 (1982).<br />
Perennials (25–) 30–55 (–85) cm tall, loosely caespi<strong>to</strong>se. Rhizome long, horizontal <strong>to</strong><br />
oblique, branched, c. 4–6 mm in diam.; upper part covered with dark castaneous-brown leaf<br />
sheath bases,; older sheath remains often forming dark brown fibrous cover; s<strong>to</strong>lons absent.<br />
Stem thick, usually 1.5–2.3 mm in the middle, with upper part nodding. Basal leaves ±flat,<br />
usually 10–20 cm long, (4–) 5–6 (–8) mm wide; leaves of intravaginal shoots narrower;<br />
cauline leaves 3–4 (–5), usually 5–9 cm long; all leaves ±densely ciliate, densely papilloseserrulate,<br />
acute with hyaline apex. Lower bract usually narrow, herbaceous (rarely lacking),<br />
usually equalling or over<strong>to</strong>pping inflorescence. Inflorescence nodding, (15–) 20–45 (–80)flowered,<br />
spike-like, lobate, often interrupted at base, usually 2.0–3.5 (–5.0) × 1.0–1.5 cm,<br />
composed of 3–10-flowered clusters, with lower 1 (–2) clusters often remote, ±pedunculate.<br />
Bracteoles 2.5–3.5 mm long, ±ovate, acuminate, ciliate, brownish-membranous. Tepals<br />
subequal, castaneous brown with broad straw-brown membranous margins, c. 4.5–<strong>6.</strong>0 ×<br />
1.5–2.0 mm; outer tepals long acuminate, entire <strong>to</strong> (later) denticulate; inner tepals usually<br />
denticulate near apex, mucronate. Stamens 6; anthers 2.2–2.9 mm long; filaments c. 0.5–0.7 mm<br />
long; style 1.8–2.2 mm long; stigmas usually 2.5–3.0 mm long. Capsule paler castaneousbrown,<br />
acute <strong>to</strong> ±acuminate, ±mucronate; capsule segments 3.7–4.8 × c. 2.5–2.7 mm. Seeds<br />
pale brown, broadly ovoid, 2.1–2.4 mm long (including a 0.2–0.4 mm long apical caruncle),<br />
c. 1.5 mm wide; basal appendage an indistinct paler patch c. 0.1 mm long; base fibrillate.<br />
2n=12, fide C.García-Herran, in litt.; C.Favarger & P.Küpfer, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 7:<br />
353 (1968).<br />
SW Europe, from SW Alps <strong>to</strong> the mountains of N, C and S Spain. 12: FRA, SPA. 13: ITA.<br />
Mountain grasslands. Map 60.<br />
12. FRANCE: Hautes Alpes, Lautaret, 14 Aug 1888, Pellat (UPS); Hautes Alpes, Montgenévre, Gondron,<br />
Lannes [C.Magnier, Fl. Sel. Exs.] 1314 (W); Alpi Graie, Col du Mont Cenis, J.Bonjean [H.G.Reichenbach,<br />
Fl. Germ. Exs.] 1314 (UPS, W); E Pyrenees, Cerdagne, Dorres, 1900 m, E.M.Sennen [Pl. Esp.] 2863 (W);<br />
Pyrenees, Gédre, Saugué, 1000 m, Bordère [K.G.Baenitz, Herb. Eur.] 2799 (PR, UPS). SPAIN: Aragon,<br />
Panticosa, M.Willkomm [It. Hisp. ii] 358 (K); Huesca, Port de Gavarnie, 2 Aug 1959, G.Een (S); Granada,<br />
Poblo, Sierra de la Sagra, 1900 m, E.Reverchon [A.Kneucker, Cyper. Junc. Exs.] 59 (PR, WU); Segovia, Sierra<br />
de Guadarrama, Cerro del Aguila, 1860 m, 17 Jul 1978, S.Rivas-Martínez (BCF46672); Asturias, Macizo,<br />
Occidental de los Picos de Europa, Vegarredonda, 1600 m, 28 Jul 1982, H.S.Nava (FCO13916). 13. ITALY:<br />
Piemont, Col della Maddalena, 30 Jun 1958, E.Müller (UPS); ‘montagnes du Piemont’, G.B.Balbis (LD).