Carex debilior

Uncinia debilior
	Mount Gower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Uncinia
Species:	U. debilior
Binomial name
	Uncinia debilior; F.Muell.
Synonyms
	Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv.; Carex debilior;

Uncinia debilior is a flowering plant in the sedge family. The specific epithet derives from the Latin debilis ("weak" or "feeble"), with reference to the species having weaker culms than Uncinia compacta.^[1]

Description

It is a tufted Perennial plant, with filiform culms, growing to 15–50 cm in height. The grasslike leaves are 5–10 cm longer than the culms and 0.5–1 mm wide. The slender inflorescence is 4–7 cm long, with the lowermost 20–30 flowers female, and the uppermost 5–10 male.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

The sedge is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It occurs in low forest on and around the summits of Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower at the southern end of the island.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Uncinia debilior". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 2014-02-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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[abrs-1] "Uncinia debilior". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 2014-02-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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