Uncinia uncinata   ((L. f.) Kük.)


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

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Tubuai
New Zealand: Auckland Islands; Rangatira Island / Chatham Islands; Great Barrier Island, Tiritiri Matangi Island / Auckland; Manawatu-Wanganui; Northland; Taranaki; Kapiti Island / Wellington / North Island; Canterbury; Marlborough; Southland; Tasman; West Coast South Island; Stewart Island
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Maui, Moloka'i
Society Islands: Tahiti

 
local name:

kamu - New Zealand
matau-a-maui - New Zealand

 
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Uncinia uncinata


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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