Juncaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q156169
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Summary

Juncaceae is a taxon[1]. Juncaceae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month, #1,358 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Juncales[4], Liliiflorae[5], Calycineae[6], Poales[7]
  • Taxon name: Juncaceae[8]
  • Commons category: Juncaceae[9]
  • Taxonomic type: Juncus[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Juncaceae[11]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The American Cyclopædia[15], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=597[17]
  • Taxon common name: Rushes[18], Vihviläkasvit[19], Rosken[20], Ситниковые[21], Họ Bấc[22], Russenfamilie[23], 골풀과[24], 灯心草科[25], 灯芯草科[26], ločkovke[27]

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Identifiers

Juncaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52642[28]. Juncaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 14101[29]. Juncaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4076[30]. Juncaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5353[31]. Juncaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 39219[32].

Why It Matters

Juncaceae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Juncaceae is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3). wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Taxonomic type → Juncus
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