Lepironia Explained

Lepironia is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, Lepironia articulata, known as the grey sedge.^[1] 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.^{[2] [1] [3] [4] [5]}

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.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252230 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
4. Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bulletin 56(2): 257–360.
5. 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
6. Web site: Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam's Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option . Sophie Hirsh . 5 April 2019 . Greenmatters . 20 December 2019.
7. Web site: Purun Story: Village and Women's Empowerment . Niken Sakuntaladewi . Kabar Alam . 29 May 2020.