English: Rushes; Russen.
Clades:
Poales;
Liliidae;
Lilianae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
TaxonomyJuncaceae is a
Family in the order
Poales. In the Apg classifications Polaes is member of the
Commelinoids in the
Liliidae subclass. In the
Apg4 classification the families Thurniaceae are included in
Juncaceae.
In the first version of
Plant theory Commelinoids was placed in
Phase 4.
In the second version of the
Plant theory Commelinoids is split in the Orders
Poales,
Zingiberales,
Commelinales and
Arecales.
Poales is placed in
Phase 2.
Juncaceae is placed in Sunphase 1 of
Poales.
GeneraJuncaceae: Distichia, Juncus, Luzula, Marsippospermum, Oxychloe, Patosia, Rostkovia.
Thurniaceae: Prionium, Thurnia.
SubdvisionThere are 2 major genera in
Juncaceae: Juncus with 300 genera and Luzula with ± 140 species. They can be divided in subgenera:
Juncus
1 sect. Juncus
2 sect. Graminei (Engelm.) Engelm.
3 sect. Caespitosi Cout.
4 sect. Stygiopsis Kuntze
5 sect. Ozophyllum Dumort.
6 sect. Iridifolii Snogerup & Kirschner
Juncus subg. Poiophylli Buchenau
1 sect. Tenageia Dumort.
2 sect. Steirochloa Griseb.
3 sect. Juncotypus Dumort.
4 sect. Forskalina Kuntze
Luzula1. subgenus Marlenia, early derived lineage within Luzula
2. subgenus Pterodes except for L. pilosa
3. sections Anthelaea and Nodulosae
4. sections Diprophyllatae and Thyrsanochlamydeae
5. section Alpinae
6. section Luzula