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Index of Plant Families (2 families in this page)

Rushes and Sedges
CYPERACEAE
Sedge
JUNCACEAE
Rush
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CYPERACEAE
Juss.
( Sedge Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, usually glabrous and rhizomatous. Stems usually solid, often trigonous. Leaves often grass-like, sometimes reduced to sheaths. Flowers wind-pollinated, hermaphrodite or unisexual, each in the axil of a glume and arranged in 1- to many-flowered spikelets. Spikelets solitary or variously aggregated in compound, often bracteate inflorescences, and often with 1 or more empty glumes. Perianth absent, or composed of bristles (more rarely scales). Stamens usually 2 or 3, with basifixed anthers. Style simple; stigmas 2 or 3. Ovary unilocular, with solitary, erect ovule. Nut usually with 2 or 3 angles. Seed endospermic.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Bolboschoenus glaucus s.l.
(Lam.) S.G. Smith

Main Synonym :
Scirpus glaucus Lam.
Southern Clubrush,
African Clubrush 		Simar tal-Africa Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
11
images.
Carex distans
L.

Main Synonym :
Carex forficula Sennen
Distant Sedge Sogħda Mar-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Carex divisa
Huds.

Main Synonym :
Carex lobata Lam.
Divided Sedge,
Separated Sedge 		Sogħda kommuni Mar-May Normal Profile
with
11
images.
Carex divulsa
Stokes

Main Synonym :
Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb.
Grey Sedge,
Grassland Sedge 		Sogħda mifruda,
Sogħda separata 		Mar-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Carex extensa
Gooden.

Main Synonym :
Carex nervosa Desf.
Long-bracted Sedge Sogħda tal-baħar Apr-May Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Carex flacca subsp. erythrostachys
(Hoppe) Holub

Main Synonym :
Carex flacca subsp. serrulata (Biv.) Malag.
Glacuous Sedge,
Blue Sedge,
Heath Sedge 		Sogħda tax-xagħri Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Carex halleriana
Asso

Main Synonym :
Carex alpestris All.
Southern Sedge,
Haller's Sedge 		Sogħda tal-Makkja Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Carex hispida
Willd. ex Schkuhr

Main Synonym :
Carex acutiformis Brot.
Hispid Sedge Sogħda tat-tafal,
Sogħda kbira 		Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Carex otrubae
Podp.

Main Synonym :
Carex cuprina (Sándor ex Heuff.) T.Nendtv. ex A.Kern.
False Fox Sedge Sogħda kompatta Mar-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Carex pairae
F.W.Schultz

Main Synonym :
Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Celak.
Paira's rough sedge Sogħda ta' Paira Mar-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Cyperus alternifolius
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus frondosus Salisb.
Umbrella Papyrus,
Umbrella Plant 		Bordi tal-umbrella Apr-Nov Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Cyperus capitatus
Vand.

Main Synonym :
Galilea mucronathus
Capitate Galingale,
Sand Galingale 		Bordi tar-ramel Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Cyperus esculentus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus sieberianus Link
Yellow Nutsedge,
Chufa Sedge,
Tigernut Sedge 		Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Cyperus fuscus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus compressus Krock.
Brown Galingale Bordi żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb.
Dwarf Papyrus Grass,
Umbrella Palm 		Bordi tal-umbrella Apr-Nov Normal Profile
with
12
images.
Cyperus laevigatus subsp. distachyos
(All.) Ball

Main Synonym :
Cyperus distachyos All.
Juncellus distachyos (Allioni) Turrill
Mediterranean Galingale Bordi Iswed Jan-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Cyperus longus subsp. badius
(Desf.) Bonnier & Layens

Main Synonym :
Cyperus longus subsp. badius (Desf.) Soó
Compact Galingale Bordi tal-wied żgħir Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Cyperus longus subsp. longus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus speciosus Lojac.
Sweet Galingale Bordi tal-wied Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
9
images.
Cyperus papyrus
L.

Main Synonym :
Papyrus siculus Parl.
Papyrus,
Papyrus Sedge,
Paper Reed 		Papiru Apr-Sep Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Cyperus rotundus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus olivaris O.Targ.Tozz.
Round Galingale,
Nut Sedge,
Purple Nutsedge 		Bordi tat-toroq Jul-Nov Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Eleocharis ovata
(Roth) Roem. & Schult.

Main Synonym :
Scirpus compressus Moench
Southern Spikerush,
Ovate Spikerush 		Simar tal-Għadajjar Jan-Apr Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Eleocharis palustris
(L.) Roem. & Schult.

Main Synonym :
Eleocharis intersita Zinserl.
Common Spikerush,
Pale Spikerush 		Simar tat-toppu Jan-Apr Normal Profile
with
11
images.
Isolepis cernua
(Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

Main Synonym :
Scirpus cernuus Vahl
Slender Clubrush,
Low Bulrush,
Fibre Optic Grass 		Simar irqiq Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Schoenoplectus lacustris
(L.) Palla

Main Synonym :
Scirpus lacustris L.
Common Clubrush Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
(C.C.Gmel.) Palla

Main Synonym :
Scirpus tabernaemontani C.C.Gmel.
Grey Clubrush,
Softstem Clubrush 		Maltese name not known Apr-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Schoenus nigricans
L.

Main Synonym :
Schoenus bonanni C. Presl
Black Bog Rush,
Black Sedge 		Simar iswed Mar-Jul Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Scirpoides holoschoenus
(L.) Soják

Main Synonym :
Scirpus holoschoenus L.
Holoschoenus vulgaris Link
Round-headed Clubrush Simar tal-boċċi Feb-Jun Normal Profile
with
10
images.


JUNCACEAE
Juss.
( Rush Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, usually perennial. Leaves long and narrow, with sheathing base, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, protogynous, usually crowded in monochasial cymes which are sometimes condensed into heads, or solitary. Perianth-segments 6, in 2 whorls. Stamens free, in (1-)2 whorls of 3. Ovary superior, 1- or 3-locular; stigmas 3; ovules 3 or numerous. Fruit a dehiscent, loculicidal capsule; seeds endospermic, often with a basal appendage.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Juncus acutus
L.

Main Synonym :
Juncus multibracteatus Tineo ex Guss.
Sharp-Pointed Rush,
Sharp Rush,
Spiny Rush 		Simar Lixx,
Simar niggież 		Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
12
images.
Juncus articulatus
L.

Main Synonym :
Juncus polycephalus D.Don ex Hook.
Jointed Rush,
Joint-leaf Rush 		Simar Mar-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Juncus bufonius
L.

Main Synonym :
Juncus aletaiensis K.F.Wu
Toad Rush Simar żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Juncus capitatus
Weigel

Main Synonym :
Juncus mutabilis Lam.
Dwarf Rush,
Leafy-bract Dwarf Rush 		Maltese name not known Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Juncus effusus
L.

Main Synonym :
Tristemon conglomeratus Raf.
Soft Rush,
Corkscrew Rush 		Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Juncus hybridus
Brot.

Main Synonym :
Juncus bufonius subsp. hybridus (Brot.) Arcang.
Hybrid Toad Rush Simar żgħir Mar-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Juncus maritimus
Lam.

Main Synonym :
Juncus ponticus Steven
Sea Rush Simar tal-baħar May-Jun Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Juncus sorrentinii
Parl.

Main Synonym :
Juncus bufonius subsp. sorrentinii
Sorrentini's Rush Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Juncus subulatus
Forssk.

Main Synonym :
Juncus multiflorus Desf.
Somerset Rush Simar tal-ilma May-Jun Normal Profile
with
16
images.

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