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The Juncales are a former order of monocot flower, now included in the order Poales. (see : Wikipedia Tree of Life/Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group).


It comprised the families Juncaceae and Thurniaceae. A few authors have included the sedge family, Cyperaceae, here as well.


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This and similar species are also the source of split rushes for chair caning and basket weaving.
The family Juncaceae shares the order Juncales with a small family, Thurniaceae, containing only two species of perennial herbs native to northern South America.
Plants in the order Juncales are members of the class Liliopsida (see
Cyperales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (91 words)
The Poaceae (grasses) have also been placed here, but are now more often placed in a separate order, correspondingly called the Poales.
Sometimes the order Cyperales is merged into the Juncales.
The recent classification (APG II, 2003) places both Cyperaceae and Juncaceae into Poales, thus effectively obsoleting Cyperales.
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