Uncinia has a
Gondwanan distribution, with most species found
Australia, New Zealand and
South America, Of the 50–60 species, 30 are
endemic to New Zealand, 6 are endemic to the east coast of Australia, Smaller numbers of species are also found in
New Guinea,
Borneo, the
Philippines,
Hawaii,
Tristan da Cunha,
Kerguelen,
Île Amsterdam,
Île Saint-Paul, and the
Prince Edward Islands, although none are known from the mainland of
Africa. It contains the following species: •
Uncinia affinis (C. B. Clarke) Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia andina G. A. Wheeler –
Argentina •
Uncinia angustifolia Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia araucana G. A. Wheeler –
Chile •
Uncinia aspericaulis G. A. Wheeler –
Juan Fernández Islands •
Uncinia astonii Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia austroamericana G. A. Wheeler –
Tierra del Fuego •
Uncinia banksii Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia bracteosa Phil. –
Chile •
Uncinia brevicaulis Thouars –
Hawaii,
South America,
Falkland Islands,
Tristan da Cunha,
Juan Fernández Islands •
Uncinia caespitosa Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia chilensis G. A. Wheeler –
Chile •
Uncinia clavata (Kük.) Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia compacta R. Br. –
Australia •
Uncinia costata Kük. –
Juan Fernández Islands •
Uncinia dawsonii Hamlin –
New Caledonia •
Uncinia debilior F. Muell. –
Lord Howe Island •
Uncinia dikei Nelmes –
Marion Island •
Uncinia distans Col. ex Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia divaricata Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia douglasii Boott –
Juan Fernández Islands •
Uncinia drucei Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia ecuadorensis G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. –
Ecuador •
Uncinia egmontiana Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia elegans (Kük.) Hamlin – New Zealand,
Tasmania •
Uncinia erinacea Pers. –
South America •
Uncinia ferruginea Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia filiformis Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia flaccida S. T. Blake –
Victoria (
Australia) •
Uncinia fuscovaginata Kük. – New Zealand •
Uncinia gracilenta Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia hamata (Sw.) Urb. –
Neotropics •
Uncinia hookeri Boott –
New Zealand's subantarctic islands,
Macquarie Island •
Uncinia involuta Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia kingii R.Br.
ex Boott –
Chile •
Uncinia koyamai Gómez-Laur. –
Costa Rica •
Uncinia lacustris G. A. Wheeler –
Ecuador •
Uncinia laxiflora Petrie – New Zealand •
Uncinia lechleriana Steud. –
Magellan Region •
Uncinia leptostachya Raoul – New Zealand •
Uncinia loliacea Phil. –
Chile •
Uncinia longifructus (Kük.) Petrie – New Zealand •
Uncinia macloviformis G. A. Wheeler –
Juan Fernández Islands •
Uncinia macrophylla Steud. –
Chile •
Uncinia macrotricha Franch. –
Patagonia •
Uncinia meridensis Steyerm. –
Venezuela •
Uncinia multifaria Nees
ex Boott –
Chile •
Uncinia multifolia Boeckeler –
Colombia •
Uncinia negeri Kük. –
Chile •
Uncinia nemoralis K. L. Wilson –
Australia •
Uncinia nervosa Boott – New Zealand,
Tasmania •
Uncinia obtusifolia Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia ohwiana Koyama –
New Guinea •
Uncinia paludosa G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. –
Ecuador •
Uncinia perplexa Boott –
Surville Cliffs (New Zealand) •
Uncinia phleoides (Cav.) Pers. –
Juan Fernández Islands,
South America •
Uncinia purpurata Petrie – New Zealand •
Uncinia rapaensis H. St. John –
Tubuai •
Uncinia rubra Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia rupestris Raoul – New Zealand •
Uncinia scabra Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia scabriuscula G. A. Wheeler –
Argentina,
Chile •
Uncinia sclerophylla Nelmes –
New Guinea •
Uncinia silvestris Hamlin – New Zealand •
Uncinia sinclairii Boott – New Zealand •
Uncinia smithii Phil. –
South Georgia,
Falkland Islands •
Uncinia strictissima Petrie – New Zealand •
Uncinia subsacculata G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. –
Ecuador •
Uncinia subtrigona Nelmes –
Borneo,
New Guinea •
Uncinia sulcata K. L. Wilson –
Australia •
Uncinia tenella R. Br. –
Australia •
Uncinia tenuifolia G. A. Wheeler & Goetgh. –
Ecuador •
Uncinia tenuis Poeppig
ex Kunth –
Juan Fernández Islands,
South America •
Uncinia uncinata (L. f.) Kük. – New Zealand,
Hawaii •
Uncinia viridis (C. B. Clarke) Edgar – New Zealand •
Uncinia zotovii Hamlin – New Zealand ==References==