Genus: Juncus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Juncaceae

About 250 species (cosmopolitan), with 19 species native to southern Africa and five naturalised. Generally found in moist situations such as along margins of streams, dams and vleis.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Juncus acutus
Juncus capensis
Juncus cephalotes
Juncus dregeanus
Juncus effusus
Juncus engleri Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Juncus exsertus
Juncus inflexus
Juncus kraussii
Juncus lomatophyllus
Juncus obliquus
Juncus oxycarpus
Juncus pictus
Juncus punctorius
Juncus rigidus
Juncus rupestris
Juncus scabriusculus
Juncus sonderianus
Juncus stenopetalus

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Juncus bufonius
Juncus capillaceus
Juncus capitatus
Juncus imbricatus
Juncus tenuis