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Luzula
Luzula is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropics. Plants of the genus are known commonly as wood-rush, wood rush, or woodrush. Possible origins of the genus name include the Italian lucciola ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin luzulae or luxulae, from lux ("light"), inspired by the way...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Field woodrush
speciesLuzula campestris
heath wood-rush
speciesLuzula multiflora
Hedgehog Woodrush
speciesLuzula echinata
Pacific Woodrush
speciesLuzula comosa
Fen Wood-rush
speciesLuzula pallescens
Common Wood-rush
speciesLuzula meridionalis
Prairie Woodrush
speciesLuzula macrantha
short-stalked woodrush
speciesLuzula subsessilis
Bulbous Woodrush
speciesLuzula bulbosa
Sweep's woodrush
speciesLuzula capitata
Luzula banksiana
speciesLuzula banksiana
Heath Woodrush
speciesLuzula congesta
Luzula rufa
speciesLuzula rufa
Sudetan wood-rush
speciesLuzula sudetica
Luzula pumila
speciesLuzula pumila
Hawai'i woodrush
speciesLuzula hawaiiensis
Luzula picta
speciesLuzula picta
Luzula taiwaniana
speciesLuzula taiwaniana
Luzula colensoi
speciesLuzula colensoi
woodrush
speciesLuzula densiflora
Luzula flaccida
speciesLuzula flaccida
Luzula divulgata
speciesLuzula divulgata
Luzula alpina
speciesLuzula alpina
Luzula taurica
speciesLuzula taurica
Luzula crinita
speciesLuzula crinita
Sierra Woodrush
speciesLuzula orestera
Luzula leptophylla
speciesLuzula leptophylla
Luzula modesta
speciesLuzula modesta
Luzula stenophylla
speciesLuzula stenophylla
Rock Woodrush
speciesLuzula novae-cambriae
Cascades woodrush
speciesLuzula cascadensis
Luzula oligantha
speciesLuzula oligantha
Luzula decipiens
speciesLuzula decipiens
Luzula australasica
speciesLuzula australasica
Luzula ovata
speciesLuzula ovata
Luzula acutifolia
speciesLuzula acutifolia
Luzula abyssinica
speciesLuzula abyssinica
African Woodrush
speciesLuzula africana
Luzula alpestris
speciesLuzula alpestris
Luzula exspectata
speciesLuzula exspectata
Luzula kobayasii
speciesLuzula kobayasii
Luzula ostenii
speciesLuzula ostenii
Luzula longiflora
speciesLuzula longiflora
Luzula caricina
speciesLuzula caricina
Luzula mannii
speciesLuzula mannii
Luzula divulgatiformis
speciesLuzula divulgatiformis
Greenland Wood-rush
speciesLuzula groenlandica
Luzula atrata
speciesLuzula atrata
Luzula crenulata
speciesLuzula crenulata
Luzula indica
speciesLuzula indica
Luzula philippinensis
speciesLuzula philippinensis
Luzula bomiensis
speciesLuzula bomiensis
Luzula nipponica
speciesLuzula nipponica
Luzula tristachya
speciesLuzula tristachya
Luzula papuana
speciesLuzula papuana
Luzula poimena
speciesLuzula poimena
Luzula lutescens
speciesLuzula lutescens
Luzula abchasica
speciesLuzula abchasica
Luzula ulei
speciesLuzula ulei
Luzula calabra
speciesLuzula calabra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1425864.