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'''''Uncinia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Cyperaceae]], known as ''hook-sedges'' in [[Australia]] <ref name="NSW">http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Uncinia</ref> and as ''hook grasses'' or ''bastard grasses'' in [[New Zealand]] <ref>http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/wetlands/4</ref>. The genus is characterised by the presence of a long hook formed by an extension of the [[wikt:rachilla|rachilla]] <ref name="Starr2009"/>, which is used to attach the fruit to passing animals ([[epizoochory]]), especially birds <ref name="Bryson">https://ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/64022000/Publications/Bryson/Brysonetal08Chpt2.pdf</ref>, and it is this feature which gives the genus its name, from the [[Latin]] ''uncinus'', meaning a hook or barb <ref name="ANBG">http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=7334</ref>. ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== {{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} *''[[Uncinia affinis|U. affinis]]'' (C. B. Clarke) Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia andina|U. andina]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Argentina]] *''[[Uncinia angustifolia|U. angustifolia]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia araucana|U. araucana]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia aspericaulis|U. aspericaulis]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Juan Fernández Islands]] *''[[Uncinia astonii|U. astonii]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia aucklandica|U. aucklandica]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia austroamericana|U. austroamericana]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Tierra del Fuego]] *''[[Uncinia banksii|U. banksii]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia bracteosa|U. bracteosa]]'' Phil. — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia brevicaulis|U. brevicaulis]]'' Thouars — [[Hawaii]], [[South America]], [[Falkland Islands]], [[Tristan da Cunha]], [[Juan Fernández Islands]] *''[[Uncinia caespitosa|U. caespitosa]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia chilensis|U. chilensis]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia clavata|U. clavata]]'' (Kük.) Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia compacta|U. compacta]]'' R. Br. — [[Australia]] *''[[Uncinia costata|U. costata]]'' Kük. — [[Juan Fernández Islands]] *''[[Uncinia dawsonii|U. dawsonii]]'' Hamlin — [[New Caledonia]] *''[[Uncinia debilior|U. debilior]]'' F. Muell. — [[Lord Howe Island]] *''[[Uncinia dikei|U. dikei]]'' Nelmes — [[Marion Island]] *''[[Uncinia distans|U. distans]]'' Col. ex Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia divaricata|U. divaricata]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia douglasii|U. douglasii]]'' Boott — [[Juan Fernández Islands]] *''[[Uncinia drucei|U. drucei]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia ecuadorensis|U. ecuadorensis]]'' G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. — [[Ecuador]] *''[[Uncinia egmontiana|U. egmontiana]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia elegans|U. elegans]]'' (Kük.) Hamlin — [[New Zealand]], [[Tasmania]] *''[[Uncinia erinacea|U. erinacea]]'' Pers. — [[South America]] *''[[Uncinia ferruginea|U. ferruginea]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia filiformis|U. filiformis]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia flaccida|U. flaccida]]'' S. T. Blake — [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] ([[Australia]]) *''[[Uncinia fuscovaginata|U. fuscovaginata]]'' Kük. — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia gracilenta|U. gracilenta]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia hamata|U. hamata]]'' (Sw.) Urb. — [[Neotropics]] *''[[Uncinia hookeri|U. hookeri]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand|New Zealand's]] [[New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands|sub-Antarctic islands]], [[Macquarie Island]] *''[[Uncinia involuta|U. involuta]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia kingii|U. kingii]]'' R.Br. ex Boott — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia koyamai|U. koyamai]]'' Gómez-Laur. — [[Costa Rica]] *''[[Uncinia lacustris|U. lacustris]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Ecuador]] *''[[Uncinia laxiflora|U. laxiflora]]'' Petrie — [[New Zealand]] {{col-break}} *''[[Uncinia lechleriana|U. lechleriana]]'' Steud. — [[Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region|Magellan Region]] *''[[Uncinia leptostachya|U. leptostachya]]'' Raoul — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia loliacea|U. loliacea]]'' Phil. — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia longifructus|U. longifructus]]'' (Kük.) Petrie — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia macloviformis|U. macloviformis]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Juan Fernández Islands]] *''[[Uncinia macrophylla|U. macrophylla]]'' Steud. — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia macrotricha|U. macrotricha]]'' Franch. — [[Patagonia]] *''[[Uncinia meridensis|U. meridensis]]'' Steyerm. — [[Venezuela]] *''[[Uncinia multifaria|U. multifaria]]'' Nees ex Boott — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia multifolia|U. multifolia]]'' Boeckeler — [[Colombia]] *''[[Uncinia negeri|U. negeri]]'' Kük. — [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia nemoralis|U. nemoralis]]'' K. L. Wilson — [[Australia]] *''[[Uncinia nervosa|U. nervosa]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]], [[Tasmania]] *''[[Uncinia obtusifolia|U. obtusifolia]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia ohwiana|U. ohwiana]]'' Koyama — [[New Guinea]] *''[[Uncinia paludosa|U. paludosa]]'' G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. — [[Ecuador]] *''[[Uncinia perplexa|U. perplexa]]'' Boott — [[Surville Cliffs]] ([[New Zealand]]) *''[[Uncinia phleoides|U. phleoides]]'' (Cav.) Pers. — [[Juan Fernández Islands]], [[South America]] *''[[Uncinia purpurata|U. purpurata]]'' Petrie — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia rapaensis|U. rapaensis]]'' H. St. John — [[Tubuai]] *''[[Uncinia rubra|U. rubra]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia rupestris|U. rupestris]]'' Raoul — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia scabra|U. scabra]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia scabriuscula|U. scabriuscula]]'' G. A. Wheeler — [[Argentina]], [[Chile]] *''[[Uncinia sclerophylla|U. sclerophylla]]'' Nelmes — [[New Guinea]] *''[[Uncinia silvestris|U. silvestris]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia sinclairii|U. sinclairii]]'' Boott — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia smithii|U. smithii]]'' Phil. — [[South Georgia]], [[Falkland Islands]] *''[[Uncinia strictissima|U. strictissima]]'' Petrie — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia subsacculata|U. subsacculata]]'' G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. — [[Ecuador]] *''[[Uncinia subtrigona|U. subtrigona]]'' Nelmes — [[Borneo]], [[New Guinea]] *''[[Uncinia sulcata|U. sulcata]]'' K. L. Wilson — [[Australia]] *''[[Uncinia tenella|U. tenella]]'' R. Br. — [[Australia]] *''[[Uncinia tenuifolia|U. tenuifolia]]'' G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. — [[Ecuador]] *''[[Uncinia tenuis|U. tenuis]]'' Poeppig ex Kunth — [[Juan Fernández Islands]], [[South America]] *''[[Uncinia uncinata|U. uncinata]]'' (Linn. f.) Kük. — [[New Zealand]], [[Hawaii]] *''[[Uncinia viridis|U. viridis]]'' (C. B. Clarke) Edgar — [[New Zealand]] *''[[Uncinia zotovii|U. zotovii]]'' Hamlin — [[New Zealand]] {{col-end}} ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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