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Species
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UNCINIA HAMATA (Sw.) Urban
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PlaceOfPublication
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Symb. Antill. 2:169. 1900.
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Synonym
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Carex hamata Sw. Prodr. 18. 1788. Uncinia jamaicensis Pers. Syn. 2:534. 1807. Uncinia mexicana Steud. Syn. cyp. 243. 1855.
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Description
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Forming dense clumps 30-60 cm. high; leaves 2-7 mm. wide; culms bearing a single spike, 8-15 cm. long; utricles lanceolate; style 3-cleft; bristle more than twice as long as the utricle.
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico and West Indies to southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Rio Chiriqui Viejo valley, near El Volcain, P. White 226; Potrero Muleto to summit, Volcain de Chiriqul, alt. 3500-4000 m., Woodson d Schery 458; Hitchcock 8203; Cerro de la Horqueta, Pittier 3199; El Boquete, Maxon 5589.
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