''Luzula'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the rush family
Juncaceae. The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in
temperate regions, the
Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the
tropics.
Plants of the genus are known commonly as wood-rush, wood rush, or woodrush.
[''Luzula''.]
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Possible origins of the genus name include the
Italian ''lucciola'' ("to shine, sparkle") or the
Latin ''luzulae'' or ''luxulae'', from ''lux'' ("light"), inspired by the way the plants sparkle when wet with
dew.
[ Another etymology sometimes given is that it does derive from ''lucciola'' but that this meant a mid-summer field, or from the Latin ''luculus'', meaning a small place; the same source also states that this name was applied by ]Luigi Anguillara Luigi Anguillara, actually Luigi Squalermo, (born c. 1512 in Anguillara Sabazia, died September 1570 in Ferrara) was an Italian botanist.
Life
Little is known about Anguillara's early life. From 1539, he is attested at the private botanical garde ...
(an Italian botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
) in 1561.rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
s and sometimes stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external s ...
s. They generally form clumps of cylindrical stems and narrow leaves with hair-lined edges. The inflorescence is often a dense cluster of flowers with two leaf-like bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s at the base, or sometimes a solitary flower or a few flowers borne together. They have six brownish tepals.[''Luzula''.]
The Jepson eFlora 2013.
''Luzula'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
species, including the smoky wainscot. Several moths of the genus '' Coleophora'' have been observed on the plants. '' Coleophora biforis'' and '' C. otidipennella'' feed exclusively on ''Luzula''. '' C. antennariella'' is limited to ''Luzula pilosa'', and '' C. sylvaticella'' feeds only on ''L. sylvatica''.
Some species, notably '' Luzula sylvatica'' and its cultivars, are used as ornamental garden plants.
Species
There are around 140 species in the genus:Luzula acuminata
''Luzula acuminata'', the hairy woodrush, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family that grows in northeastern United States and Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend fr ...
'' Raf.
*''Luzula acutifolia
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' H. Nordensk.
*''Luzula africana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Drège ''ex'' Steud.
*''Luzula alopecuroides
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' Desv.
*''Luzula alopecurus
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Desv.
*''Luzula alpestris
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' H. Nordensk.
*''Luzula alpina
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Hoppe
*'' Luzula alpinopilosa'' (Chaix) Breistr.
*''Luzula antarctica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Hook. f.
*''Luzula arcuata
''Luzula arcuata'' is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the modern common name curved wood-rush (formerly curved mountain hair-rush).James Edward Smith & James Sowerby, English Botany. New Edition, Vol. 3, 1836. Page ...
'' (Wahlenb.) Sw.
*''Luzula atlantica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Braun-Blanq.
*''Luzula atrata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Edgar
*''Luzula australasica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Steud.
*''Luzula banksiana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula × bogdanii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Kirschner
*''Luzula bomiensis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' K. F. Wu
*'' Luzula × bornmuelleriana'' Kük.
*''Luzula × borreri
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Bromf. ''ex'' Bab.
*''Luzula brachyphylla
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Phil.
*''Luzula bulbosa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Alph. Wood) Smyth & L. C. Smyth
*'' Luzula caespitosa'' (E. Mey.) Steud.
*'' Luzula calabra'' Ten.
*'' Luzula campestris'' (L.) DC.
*''Luzula canariensis
''Luzula canariensis'' is a plant species in the genus ''Luzula'', family Juncaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and ...
'' Poir.
*''Luzula capitata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Miq. ''ex'' Franch. & Sav.) Kom.
*'' Luzula caricina'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula celata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Edgar
*''Luzula chilensis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Nees & Meyen ''ex'' Kunth
*''Luzula colensoi
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Hook. f.
*'' Luzula comosa'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula confusa
''Luzula confusa'' is a species of rush belonging to the family Juncaceae.
Its native range is Subarctic
The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of humid continental regions an ...
'' Lindeb.
*''Luzula congesta
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Thuill.) Lej.
*''Luzula crenulata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' Buchenau
*'' Luzula crinita'' Hook. f.
*'' Luzula × danica'' H. Nordensk. & Kirschner
*''Luzula decipiens
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Edgar
*''Luzula densiflora
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (H. Nordensk.) Edgar
*''Luzula denticulata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Liebm.
*''Luzula desvauxii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the t ...
'' Kunth
*''Luzula divaricata
''Luzula divaricata'' is a species of flowering plant in the rush family
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genus, genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, ...
'' S. Watson
*''Luzula divulgata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Kirschner
*'' Luzula divulgatiformis'' Bačič & Jogan
*''Luzula echinata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (Small) F. J. Herm.
*'' Luzula ecuadoriensis'' Balslev
*''Luzula effusa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Buchenau
*''Luzula elegans
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Lowe
*''Luzula excelsa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Buchenau
*''Luzula exspectata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Bačič & Jogan
*'' Luzula fallax'' Kirschner
*''Luzula × favratii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' K. Richt.
*'' Luzula flaccida'' (Buchenau) Edgar
*''Luzula formosana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Ohwi
*''Luzula forsteri
''Luzula forsteri'', commonly known as southern wood-rush, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family that is native to Europe, north Africa and western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of ...
'' (Sm.) DC.
*''Luzula × gayana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Font Quer & Rothm.
*''Luzula gigantea
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Desv.
*''Luzula glabrata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Hoppe) Desv.
*''Luzula groenlandica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Böcher
*''Luzula × hasleri
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Murr
*''Luzula hawaiiensis
''Luzula hawaiiensis'', commonly known as Hawai'i wood-rush, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family that is endemic to Hawaii.
References
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Luzula, hawaiiensis
Flora without expected TNC conservation st ...
'' Buchenau
*''Luzula × heddae
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Kirschner
*'' Luzula × hermannii-muelleri'' Asch. & Graebn.
*'' Luzula hitchcockii'' Hämet-Ahti
*''Luzula × hybrida
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' H. Lindb. ''ex'' Kirschner
*''Luzula ignivoma
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Kirschner
*''Luzula inaequalis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' K. F. Wu
*'' Luzula indica'' Kirschner
*''Luzula jimboi
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Miyabe & Kudo
*''Luzula × johannis-principis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Murr
*''Luzula johnstonii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' Buchenau
*''Luzula kjellmaniana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Miyabe & Kudo
*''Luzula kobayasii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Satake
*''Luzula lactea
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (Link) E. Mey.
*''Luzula leiboldii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Buchenau
*'' Luzula leptophylla'' Buchenau & Petrie
*'' Luzula × levieri'' Asch. & Graebn.
*''Luzula longiflora
''Luzula longiflora'' is a flowering plant in the rush family. The specific epithet refers to the relatively long floral perianth.
Description
It is a herb, growing to 10–30 cm in height. The tufted leaves are 5–35 cm long and 4– ...
'' Benth.
*''Luzula lutea
''Luzula lutea'', is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family which is tall. Its anthers are long while their filaments are . The basal leaves of the species are usually long and wide, while its cauline leaves are in length. Its low ...
'' (All.) DC.
*'' Luzula lutescens'' (Koidz.) Kirschner & Miyam.
*''Luzula luzulina
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' (Vill.) Racib.
*''Luzula luzuloides
''Luzula luzuloides'', the white wood-rush or oakforest wood-rush is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae (rush family). It is native to Central Europe, from the Balkans to Fennoscandia, but it has also been introduced to the Bri ...
'' (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott
*''Luzula mannii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Buchenau) Kirschner & Cheek
*''Luzula masafuerana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Skottsb.
*''Luzula × media
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the t ...
'' Kirschner
*''Luzula melanocarpa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Desv.
*''Luzula mendocina
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the t ...
'' Barros
*''Luzula meridionalis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' H. Nordensk.
*''Luzula modesta
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Buchenau
*''Luzula multiflora
''Luzula multiflora'', the common woodrush or heath wood-rush, is a species of flowering plant in the rush family.
It is native to Europe, eastern Asia, northern Africa, northern North America, including Canada, and in northern regions of th ...
'' (Ehrh.) Lej.
*''Luzula nipponica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' (Satake) Kirschner & Miyam.
*''Luzula nivalis
''Luzula nivalis'', commonly known as arctic wood-rush or less commonly as snowy wood-rush (both names are used with or without hyphenation), is a species of perennial plant, perennial Juncaceae, rush native to the North American Arctic and Nort ...
'' (Laest.) Spreng.
*'' Luzula nivea'' (Nathh.) DC.
*''Luzula nodulosa
''Luzula nodulosa'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to 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, rhizom ...
'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula novae-cambriae
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Gand.
*''Luzula oligantha
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Sam.
*''Luzula orestera
''Luzula orestera'', with the common name Sierra woodrush, is a species of flowering plant in the rush family. It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in fellfields, talus, and other habitat in regions of subalpin ...
'' Sharsm.
*''Luzula ostenii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Mattf.) Herter
*''Luzula ovata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Edgar
*'' Luzula pallescens'' Sw.
*''Luzula papuana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' M. E. Jansen
*'' Luzula parviflora'' (Ehrh.) Desv.
*'' Luzula pedemontana'' Boiss. & Reut.
*''Luzula pediformis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' (Chaix) DC.
*''Luzula peruviana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Desv.
*''Luzula × pfaffii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Murr
*'' Luzula philippinensis'' M. E. Jansen
*'' Luzula picta'' A. Rich.
*'' Luzula pilosa'' (L.) Willd.
*''Luzula pindica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (Hausskn.) Chrtek & Krísa
*''Luzula piperi
''Luzula piperi'', commonly known as Piper's woodrush is a perennial species of plant in the genus ''Luzula'' of the (rush) family Juncaceae
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 gene ...
'' (Coville) M. E. Jones
*''Luzula plumosa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula poimena
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' W. M. Curtis
*'' Luzula pumila'' Hook. f.
*''Luzula purpureosplendens
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the t ...
'' Seub.
*''Luzula racemosa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Desv.
*'' Luzula × romanica'' J. Dvorák & Vorel
*''Luzula rufa
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Edgar
*''Luzula rufescens
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Fisch. ''ex'' E. Mey.
*''Luzula ruiz-lealii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Barros
*''Luzula seubertii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' Lowe
*''Luzula × sichuanensis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' K. F. Wu
*'' Luzula × somedana'' Fern-Carv. & Fern. Prieto
*'' Luzula spicata'' (L.) DC.
*'' Luzula stenophylla'' Steud.
*''Luzula subcapitata
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Rydb.) H. D. Harr.
*''Luzula subcongesta
''Luzula subcongesta'' is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name Donner woodrush. It is native to the high mountains of California, from the Klamath Mountains, where its distribution extends into Oregon, to the ...
'' (S. Watson) Jeps.
*''Luzula subsessilis
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (S. Watson) Buchenau
*''Luzula sudetica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (Willd.) Schult.
*'' Luzula sylvatica'' (Huds.) Gaudin
*''Luzula taiwaniana
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Satake
*''Luzula taurica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' (V. I. Krecz.) Novikov
*''Luzula traversii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (Buchenau) Cheeseman
*''Luzula tristachya
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropi ...
'' Desv.
*'' Luzula ulei'' Buchenau
*''Luzula ulophylla
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate climate, temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation ...
'' (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
*''Luzula × vinesii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Murr
*''Luzula vulcanica
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Liebm.
*''Luzula wahlenbergii
''Luzula wahlenbergii'', commonly known as Wahlenberg's woodrush or reindeer wood-rush, is a perennial species of plant in the genus ''Luzula'' of the (rush) family Juncaceae.
Taxonomy and naming
''Luzula wahlenbergii'' is in the section ''Dip ...
'' Rupr.
*''Luzula × wettsteinii
''Luzula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropic ...
'' Buchenau
References
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Poales genera