''Oreojuncus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the rush 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 s ...
, found in the eastern United States, eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, most of Europe, northern Russia, western Siberia and the Altai.
Their chromosome number is 2n=30 (x=15), whereas ''
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 superfic ...
'', from which they were split, has x=20.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
*''
Oreojuncus monanthos''
(Jacq.) Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner
*''
Oreojuncus trifidus''
(L.) Záv.Drábk. & Kirschner
References
Poales genera
Juncaceae
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