Juncus usitatus

TaxID: 3049592

Basic Information

Juncus usitatus

Common Rush, Rush

Juncus usitatus, the common rush, is a species of flowering plant in the rush family, Juncaceae. A graceful, clumping plant growing from 40 cm to 1.1 metres high. Indigenous to and commonly found in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and eastern Australia in disturbed sites by stream banks and other moist habitats. The specific epithet is derived from Latin, meaning "common or usual".

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Juncaceae

Juncus

usitatus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Juncus usitatus
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(c) Jeremy Rolfe@BY
Juncus usitatus
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(c) Sipke Gonggrijp@BY-NC
Juncus usitatus
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(c) Alicia@BY-NC-SA
Juncus usitatus
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(c) Sipke Gonggrijp@BY-NC
Juncus usitatus
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(c) Deborah Metters@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent —

Distribution (8 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
New Caledonia Present —
Norfolk Island Present —
Netherlands Present —
New Zealand Present —
United States of America Present —
South Africa Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (3 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
HPSCH279-22 - trnH-psbA 566 Australia 2018-11-07 -26.023802, 153.02385
HPSCH279-22 - rbcL 607 Australia 2018-11-07 -26.023802, 153.02385
HPSCH279-22 - matK 464 Australia 2018-11-07 -26.023802, 153.02385

Literature