The status of Uncinia macrolepis, U. meridensis, and U. smithii (Cyperaceae) in the New World

Abstract

The status of Uncinia macrolepis, U. meridensis, and U. smithii (Cyperaceae) in the New World. Uncinia meridensis Steyerm. from northern South America and U. smithii Philcox from South Georgia are shown to be morphologically indistinct from the austral South American U. macrolepis Decne., which belongs in section Uncinia