| Lepironia | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: |
Lepironia Rich. |
| Species: | L. articulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepironia articulata | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Lepironia is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, Lepironia articulata, known as the grey sedge. [2] It is found in Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indochina, Indonesia), New Guinea, and various islands of the western Pacific ( Ryukyu Islands, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia). It also occurs in northern and eastern Australia, as far south as Thirlmere Lakes National Park in New South Wales. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Green Straw
Lepironia has the potential to be a green straw or zero waste drinking straw: in Vietnam and Indonesia, the process of producing straws is not difficult, merely cleaning the stems of plants and allowing them to dry in the sun. Lepironia straws offer a solution for the dilemma of using plastic straws. [7] [8]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ S. W. L. Jacobs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Lepironia articulata". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- ^ Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bulletin 56(2): 257–360.
- ^ Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ Sophie Hirsh (5 April 2019). "Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam's Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option". Greenmatters. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Niken Sakuntaladewi. "Purun Story: Village and Women's Empowerment". Kabar Alam. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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