Genus of grass-like plants
Uncinia flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae , known as hook-sedges in Australia [ 3] hook grasses or bastard grasses in New Zealand.[ 4] rachilla ,[ 5] epizoochory ), especially birds,[ 6] Latin uncinus , meaning a hook or barb.[ 7]
Systematics
Uncinia is a "satellite genus" of the very large genus Carex Cymophyllus Kobresia Schoenoxiphium Vesicarex [ 8] Uncinia seems to form a monophyletic group , with the most distinct species being U. kingii Carex .[ 5] Carex microglochin Uncinia , as U. microglochin .[ 9]
Distribution
Uncinia has a Gondwanan distribution,[ 5] Australia , New Zealand and South America ,[ 3] Mexico and Jamaica .[ 10] endemic to New Zealand,[ 11] [ 3] Juan Fernández Islands .[ 12] New Guinea , Borneo , the Philippines , Hawaii , Tristan da Cunha , Kerguelen , Île Amsterdam , Île Saint-Paul , and the Prince Edward Islands , although none are known from the mainland of Africa .[ 10] Antarctica .[ 13]
It contains the following species:
Uncinia affinis (C. B. Clarke) Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia andina G. A. Wheeler – Argentina Uncinia angustifolia Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia araucana G. A. Wheeler – Chile Uncinia aspericaulis G. A. Wheeler – Juan Fernández Islands Uncinia astonii Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia aucklandica Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia austroamericana G. A. Wheeler – Tierra del Fuego Uncinia banksii Boott – New ZealandUncinia bracteosa Phil. – Chile Uncinia brevicaulis Thouars – Hawaii , South America , Falkland Islands , Tristan da Cunha , Juan Fernández Islands Uncinia caespitosa Boott – New ZealandUncinia chilensis G. A. Wheeler – Chile Uncinia clavata (Kük.) Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia compacta R. Br. – Australia Uncinia costata Kük. – Juan Fernández Islands Uncinia dawsonii Hamlin – New Caledonia Uncinia debilior F. Muell. – Lord Howe Island Uncinia dikei Nelmes – Marion Island Uncinia distans Col. ex Boott – New ZealandUncinia divaricata Boott – New ZealandUncinia douglasii Boott – Juan Fernández Islands Uncinia drucei Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia ecuadorensis G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. – Ecuador Uncinia egmontiana Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia elegans (Kük.) Hamlin – New Zealand, Tasmania Uncinia erinacea Pers. – South America Uncinia ferruginea Boott – New ZealandUncinia filiformis Boott – New ZealandUncinia flaccida S. T. Blake – Victoria (Australia )Uncinia fuscovaginata Kük. – New ZealandUncinia gracilenta Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia hamata (Sw.) Urb. – Neotropics Uncinia hookeri Boott – New Zealand's subantarctic islands , Macquarie Island Uncinia involuta Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia kingii R.Br. ex Boott – Chile Uncinia koyamai Gómez-Laur. – Costa Rica Uncinia lacustris G. A. Wheeler – Ecuador Uncinia laxiflora Petrie – New ZealandUncinia lechleriana Steud. – Magellan Region Uncinia leptostachya Raoul – New ZealandUncinia loliacea Phil. – Chile Uncinia longifructus (Kük.) Petrie – New ZealandUncinia macloviformis G. A. Wheeler – Juan Fernández Islands Uncinia macrophylla Steud. – Chile Uncinia macrotricha Franch. – Patagonia Uncinia meridensis Steyerm. – Venezuela Uncinia multifaria Nees ex Boott – Chile Uncinia multifolia Boeckeler – Colombia Uncinia negeri Kük. – Chile Uncinia nemoralis K. L. Wilson – Australia Uncinia nervosa Boott – New Zealand, Tasmania Uncinia obtusifolia Boott – New ZealandUncinia ohwiana Koyama – New Guinea Uncinia paludosa G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. – Ecuador Uncinia perplexa Boott – Surville Cliffs (New Zealand)Uncinia phleoides (Cav.) Pers. – Juan Fernández Islands , South America Uncinia purpurata Petrie – New ZealandUncinia rapaensis H. St. John – Tubuai Uncinia rubra Boott – New ZealandUncinia rupestris Raoul – New ZealandUncinia scabra Boott – New ZealandUncinia scabriuscula G. A. Wheeler – Argentina , Chile Uncinia sclerophylla Nelmes – New Guinea Uncinia silvestris Hamlin – New ZealandUncinia sinclairii Boott – New ZealandUncinia smithii Phil. – South Georgia , Falkland Islands Uncinia strictissima Petrie – New ZealandUncinia subsacculata G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. – Ecuador Uncinia subtrigona Nelmes – Borneo , New Guinea Uncinia sulcata K. L. Wilson – Australia Uncinia tenella R. Br. – Australia Uncinia tenuifolia G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. – Ecuador Uncinia tenuis Poeppig ex Kunth – Juan Fernández Islands , South America Uncinia uncinata (L. f.) Kük. – New Zealand, Hawaii Uncinia viridis (C. B. Clarke) Edgar – New ZealandUncinia zotovii Hamlin – New Zealand
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