Family · Monocots
Juncaginaceae
Arrowgrasses
Rush-like herbs of marshes and salt-flats with slender leaves and spike-like inflorescences.
- Accepted species
- 35accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈63 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Triglochin26 spp.
Cycnogeton8 spp.
Tetroncium1 spp.
Where it grows
- Australasia23
- Africa10
- Northern America6
- Southern America5
- Europe4
- Asia-Temperate3
- Asia-Tropical3
- Antarctic1
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Juncaginaceae sits in the order Alismatales.