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Uncinia Pers.

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Pers.
Pers.
1807
1806
534
ICN
Uncinia Pers.
genus
Uncinia

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Uncinia

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Uncinia Pers.

Infl. a simple terminal spike with unisexual fls, ♂ at top, ♀ lower, in 1-fld spikelets each subtended by a glume; ♂ with 3 stamens; ♀ surrounded by a plano-convex to trigonous, us. glab., occ. hispid, closed sac or utricle; style-branches 3, protruding from mouth of utricle; nut trigonous; axis of spikelet, the rhachilla, produced beyond mouth of utricle and terminating in a rigid glume which is sharply reflexed to form a hook. Perennial herbs, tufted or shortly rhizomatous. Culms ± trigonous, occ. terete, with bract-like sheaths at base. Lvs grass-like, linear, us. Shallowly channelled, almost flat towards the base, flanged-channelled towards the tip, occ. involute, rarely plano-convex, margins ± scabrid, tip us. trigonous, lf-base sheathing. Between 40 and 50 spp., mainly in the S. Hemisphere but not found in S. Africa. Most N.Z. spp. are endemic but 2 are recorded from elsewhere in the Pacific.

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Uncinia Pers.
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Uncinia Pers.
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Uncinia Pers.
Uncinia Pers.
Uncinia
Uncinia Pers.
Uncinia Pers.
Uncinia Pers.

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Uncinia Pers.
Australia
New South Wales
Uncinia Pers.
Australia
Tasmania
Uncinia Pers.
Australia
Victoria
Uncinia Pers.
Malaysia
Uncinia Pers.
New Caledonia
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Uncinia Pers.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Uncinia Pers.
Papua New Guinea
Uncinia Pers.
Tristan Da Cunha

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 October 2015
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