Juncaceae
(Rush Family)
Habit
- mostly
perennial,
semiaquatic herbs
Stems
- mostly round
Leaves
- sheathing, 3-ranked or represented by
sheaths only
Inflorescence
- of solitary flowers grouped into
panicles, or
heads (not
spiklets)
Flowers
-
perfect,
regular
Tepals
- 6,
scale-like
Stamens
- 3 or 6
Gynoecium
- of 3
carpels,
connate;
ovary
superior with many
ovules and
axile or
parietal placentation
Fruit
- a
capsule
Diversity
- 9 genera/300 species;
Distribution
- mostly in cool latitudes and mountains in tropics
Economics
- habitat for waterfowl; some used as matting, chair-seats
Notes
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