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Juncaceae
plant family
Also known as: rush family
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association with Cyperaceae
- In Cyperaceae: Characteristic morphological features
…Cyperaceae are the rushes (family Juncaceae). Rushes share with sedges a number of specialized anatomic and developmental features. Both families have chromosomes with a very peculiar structure. The centromeres, the point of attachment of the spindle fibres during meiosis, are not localized at one point near the middle but rather…
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Poales
- In Poales: Sedge group
…the sedge group are Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and Thurniaceae. The flowers of these families are usually small, greenish, and bisexual, and they are crowded into dense terminal or lateral clusters. The members of this group are pollinated typically by the wind. The plants grow from a horizontal or upright rootstock that…
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