Carex uncinata

Carex uncinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. uncinata
Binomial name
Carex uncinata
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Uncinia australis Pers.
  • Carex hamosa Thouars
  • Uncinia scaberrima Nees
  • Uncinia lindleyana Kunth
  • Uncinia rigidula Steud.
  • Uncinia alopecuroides Colenso
  • Uncinia bractata Colenso
  • Uncinia polyneura Colenso
  • Uncinia pedicellata Kük.
  • Uncinia uncinata (L.f.) Kük.

Carex uncinata, the Hawai'i birdcatching sedge,[2] hook grass, hook sedge, bastard grass, kamu or matau-a-maui,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.[4]

Carex uncinata is native to New Zealand (including the Antipodes), the Society Islands, and Hawaii.[1] Its natural habitat is from the coast up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), where it is found in areas ranging from native forest to shrubland.[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carex uncinata.
  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ NRCS. "Uncinia uncinata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Uncinia uncinata". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


Stub icon

This Cyperaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.