Juncaceae
Juncus

Juncus microcephalus Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 237 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to W. South America, E. Brazil to S. South America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

New South Wales, New Zealand North, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balslev, H. & Zuluaga, A. (2009). Juncaceae. Flora de Colombia 26: 1-80. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • GRIN National Genetic Resources Program http://www.ars-grin.gov in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19648] Brazil K000836943 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Harley, R.M.; Funch, L.; Bautista, H.P.; Hind, N. [PCD 3112] Brazil K000836940 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Harley, R.M.; Queiroz, L.P.; Giulietti, A.M.; Mayworn, M.A. [28292] Brazil K000836947 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19648] Brazil K000836944 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19648] Brazil K000836945 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Glaziou, A. [5457] Brazil K000836925 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Hatschbach, G. [14877] Brazil K000836933 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19648] Brazil K000836942 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Burchell [4681-35] Brazil K000836926 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Klein, R. [3352] Brazil K000836949 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Smith, L.B. [1613] Brazil K000836929 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Burchell [4189] Brazil K000836927 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Reineck; Czermack [23] Brazil K000836930 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Skvortzov, B. [15] Brazil K000836932 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Glaziou, A. [6753] Brazil K000836923 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Eiten, G. [6996] Brazil K000836948 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59078] Brazil K000836931 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Skvortzov, B. [136] Brazil K000836936 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Mimura, I. [80] Brazil K000836951 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Skvortzov, B. [233] Brazil K000836934 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Skvortzov, B. [153] Brazil K000836953 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Skvortzov, B. [150] Brazil K000836952 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Skvortzov, B. [149] Brazil K000836935 Yes
Jul 24, 1888 Burchell [2290] Brazil K000836937 Yes
Jul 24, 1888 Burchell [4431] Brazil K000836928 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6989] Brazil K000836920 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Sano, P.T.; Atkins, S.; Souza, V.C. [CFCR14350] Brazil K000836941 Yes
Glaziou [17835] Brazil K000836922 Yes
Usteri [228] Brazil K000836918 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyama, C. [24363] Brazil K000836946 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13281] Brazil K000836924 Yes
Glaziou [6423] Brazil K000836917 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6423] Brazil K000836938 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, G.L. [31012] Brazil K000836939 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20529] Brazil K000836921 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [13008] Brazil K000836950 Yes
Lechler [292] Chile Juncus microcephalus var. floribundus K000574333 Isotype Yes
King [450] Chile Juncus microcephalus var. floribundus K000574332 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Lechler, W. [2078] Peru Juncus involucratus K000574353 Isolectotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0