Uncinia uncinata

Uncinia 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]

Uncinia uncinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Uncinia
Species:
U. uncinata
Binomial name
Uncinia uncinata
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex uncinata L.f.
  • 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 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
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Uncinia uncinata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. "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.


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