Juncaceae
Luzula

Luzula johnstonii Buchenau

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 79 (1890)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Buchen. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 79 (1890).
  • Buchen. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV, 36: 45 (1906).
  • Flora of Tropical Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1961 Johnston, H.H. [28] Tanzania K000345851 Type Yes
Hedberg, O. [1937] Kenya K002784469 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7164] Ethiopia K002784421 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [244] Kenya K002784473 Yes
Guillaumet, J.-L. [2794] Ethiopia K001890764 Yes
Humphreys, G.N. [521] Uganda K002784458 Yes
Hedberg, O. [213] Kenya K002784461 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Och, R. [1257] Kenya K002784472 Yes
Wesche, K. [102] Uganda K002784459 Yes
Linder [3546] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002784401 Yes
Haines, R.W. [269] Uganda K002784454 Yes
Hedberg, O. [1568] Kenya K002784470 Yes
Hemingway, P. [G 14] Tanzania K002784481 Yes
Loveridge, J.P. [118] Uganda K002784443 Yes
Lugard, C. [682] Kenya K002784460 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [3898] Uganda K002784452 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/25] Tanzania K002784480 Yes
Linder, D.H. [2301] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002784391 Yes
Morton, J.K. [EA 206] Tanzania K002784572 Yes
Humbert, H. [8095] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002784393 Yes
Hedberg, O. [358] Uganda K002784449 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [8085] Ethiopia K002784418 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [3548] Uganda K002784444 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [4819] Tanzania K002784483 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [4819] Tanzania K002784484 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4128] Kenya K002784463 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8507] Ethiopia K002784420 Yes
Plumptre, A. [s.n.] Rwanda K002784394 Yes
[Naiga] [278] Uganda K002784442 Yes
{Agnew; Timberlake} [1113] Kenya K002784468 Yes
Greenway [3008] Tanzania K002784478 Yes
J.M.G. [93681] Tanzania K002784482 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14922] Ethiopia K002784419 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [246] Ethiopia K002784417 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M.; Muasya, E. [58] Kenya K002784477 Yes
Wood, D. [743] Kenya K002784465 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1150] Tanzania K002784479 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14922] Ethiopia K002784423 Yes
Mabberley, D.J.; McCall [193] Kenya K002784466 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1703] Uganda K002784445 Yes
Strid, Å. [4605] Kenya K002784467 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7164] Ethiopia K002784422 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Bally, J. [130] Kenya K002784471 Yes
Katende, A.B. [K757] Uganda K002784455 Yes
Humphreys, G.N. [522] Uganda K002784457 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1703] Uganda K002784446 Yes
Hedberg, O. [600] Uganda K002784448 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [3633] Uganda K002784451 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4128] Kenya K002784464 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [7323] Kenya K002784476 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [3898] Uganda K002784453 Yes
Hedberg, O. [1365] Tanzania K002784485 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [357] Kenya K002784474 Yes
Hedberg, O. [975] Kenya K002784462 Yes
[Nihlorh Mancode] [110] Uganda K002784456 Yes
Wood, G. [213] Uganda K002784447 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4128] Kenya K002784475 Yes
Hedberg, O. [2062] Uganda K002784450 No
Scaetta [1596] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002784392 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0