''Juncinella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Juncaceae Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and ...

. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''

Juncus ''Juncus'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants, commonly known as rushes. It is the largest genus in the family Juncaceae, containing around 300 species. Description Rushes of the genus ''Juncus'' are herbaceous plants that superfici ...

''. In 2022 Viktorie Brožová ''et al.'' published a phylogenetic analysis of the cyperids (families Juncaceae,

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

, and

Thurniaceae The Thurniaceae are a family of flowering plants composed of two genera with four species. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003, also recognizes such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales ...

) which found the genus ''Juncus'' to be paraphyletic, and the authors proposed that six new genera, including ''Juncinella'', be split from ''Juncus''.Viktorie Brožová, Jarosław Proćków, Lenka Záveská Drábková, Toward finally unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of Juncaceae with respect to another cyperid family, Cyperaceae. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', Volume 177, 2022, 107588, ISSN 1055-7903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107588.

Species

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Juncinella capitata ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella cephalotes ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella obliqua ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella picta ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella rupestris ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella scabriuscula ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

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Juncinella stenopetala ''Juncinella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It includes seven species of rushes native to Africa, Europe, and parts of western and Central Asia. The species in the genus were formerly placed in the large genus ''Juncus ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q135431719 Juncaceae Poales genera Taxa described in 2022