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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>. | |
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Uncinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, known as hook-sedges in Australia [1] and as hook grasses or bastard grasses in New Zealand [2]. The genus is characterised by the presence of a long hook formed by an extension of the rachilla [3], which is used to attach the fruit to passing animals (epizoochory), especially birds [4], and it is this feature which gives the genus its name, from the Latin uncinus, meaning a hook or barb [5].
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- ↑ http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Uncinia
- ↑ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/wetlands/4
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ https://ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/64022000/Publications/Bryson/Brysonetal08Chpt2.pdf
- ↑ http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=7334
External links
- w:Uncinia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Uncinia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)