Species
Luzula subsessilis (Short-stalked woodrush)
Luzula subsessilis. Photo: (c) Belinda Lo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Luzula is a genus of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, the rushes. 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…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
- Order: Poales (Grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies)
- Family: Juncaceae (Rushes and allies)
- Genus: Luzula (Woodrushes)
- Species: Luzula subsessilis (Short-stalked woodrush)
- Genus: Luzula (Woodrushes)
- Family: Juncaceae (Rushes and allies)
- Order: Poales (Grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies)
- Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)




