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Cyperaceae

Hawai'i birdcatching sedge

Carex uncinata L.f.

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex

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Hawai'i birdcatching sedge: Uncinia uncinata (hook grass, bastard grass, kamu, matau-a-maui) photographed in Upper Hutt , New Zealand.
Photo: Rudolph89, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Hawai'i birdcatching sedge

Synonyms

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

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.