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Carex uncinata L.f.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.f.
L.f.
1782
413
ICN
Carex uncinata L.f.
species
Carex uncinata

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uncinata

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Caespitose. Culms (10)–18–45–(90) cm. × 1–1.5 mm., glab., or occ. scabrid just below infl.; basal sheaths dull brown. Lvs 5–10 per culm, ± = culms, or > flowering culms, (2)–3–4–(5) mm. wide, dark green or occ. reddish green, strongly scabrid on the margins and on the adaxial surface towards the tip. Spikes (5.5)–7–20 cm. × 2–3.5 mm., us. bracteate, female fls ∞, us. c. 60–120, very closely crowded throughout almost the whole spike, internodes 0.5–1.5 mm. long. Glumes us. < but occ. slightly > utricles, deciduous, ovate, obtuse or subacute, coriac., yellowish with a green midrib or often entirely dark brown, occ. greenish pink. Utricles (4)–4.5–5 mm. long, slightly > 1 mm. diam., a plano-convex or concavo-convex, shining, with us. one prominent lateral nerve on the abaxial face and 3–4 faint nerves on the adaxial face, yellowish to dull brown, stipe 1–1.5 mm. long, beak slightly > 1 mm. long; scarcely spreading when ripe.

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Carex uncinata L.f.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Carex uncinata L.f.
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Uncinia alopecuroides Colenso
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia australis Pers.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia australis var. pedicellata (Kük.) Petrie
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia bractata Colenso
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia lindleyana Kunth
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Uncinia pedicellata Kük.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia polyneura Colenso
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia rigidula Steud.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia uncinata (L.f.) Kük.
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia uncinata var. laxior Carse
Carex uncinata L.f.
Uncinia uncinata var. pedicellata (Kük.) Petrie
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Uncinia uncinata var. uliginosa Skottsb.
Carex uncinata L.f.

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Carex uncinata L.f.
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Carex uncinata L.f.
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North Auckland
Carex uncinata L.f.
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North-western
Carex uncinata L.f.
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Ruahine-Cook
Carex uncinata L.f.
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Thames

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d4200ffc-1911-4518-b6ab-540364bf5e09
scientific name
Names_Plants
9 January 2008
20 August 2015
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