The woody underground stems can be eaten raw or cooked, though. Lepironia articulata, also known as grey sedge, is a tall tightly rhizomatous macrophyte that forms large dense swards of foliage. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Lee kong chian natural history museum faculty of science. Domin, one of the most important primary producers in a large tropical swamp in west malaysia.
Lepironia articulata in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Rhodora publishes work relating to the botany of north america and covers topics such as systematics, floristics, ecology, evolution, and population genetics. The plant list includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus lepironia. Very tough and versatile it can range from boggy soil into meters of water in highly variable conditions. Bay horticultural seeds native seed collectors suppliers. Constructed wetland of lepironia articulata for household. Therefore, in the present study the reduction efficiency of pollutants using lepironia articulata in greywater were determined. Noosa native plants plants of the sunshine coast, cooloola and fraser island. Culms erect, terete, glabrous, greygreen or glaucous, 40200 cm high, 210 mm diam.
Twizzler has tortured, glaucous cylindrical foliage which makes it an eye catching feature and would become a talking point in any garden. Lepironia articulata pdf the leaves are harvested from the wild and used for making baskets, as a packing material etc. This work was focused at investigating the improvement of the heavy metal removal process produced by the aquatic plant, lepironia articulata. Media in category lepironia articulata the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Potential crops for paludiculture in temperate, boreal and. Lepironia articulata grey rush burringbar rainforest. A native blueish grey rush with good looking foliage and small cigar like flowering pods. Lepironia articulata information from the global compendium of weeds. Lepironia articulata, grey sedge, is the only species wordwide in the genus lepironia. It is good for display or specimen pots or planter boxes, as a water feature plant, and is ideal for rain gardens and reed beds. The replicate planted tanks were continuously fed with a nutrient solution at a rate of 50. 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. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank.
Increased specific surface was obtained by applying chemical modification with alkali treatment, contributing to effectiveness as adsorbent. Twizzler has tortured, glaucous cylindrical foliage which makes it an eye catching feature. The plant has been cultivated for this purpose in indonesia. Bay horticultural seeds are australian native and exotic seed collectors and suppliers to production and retail nurseries, tubestock propagators, revegetation contractors, seed merchants and mining companies. Primary production and population ecology of the aquatic. Floral ontogeny and gene protein localization rules out. Publisher weinheim year 1959 isbndescription an excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Articulata synonyms, articulata pronunciation, articulata translation, english dictionary definition of articulata. The woody underground stems can be eaten raw or cooked, though according to tim.
Lepironia is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, lepironia articulata. Nutrient removal using common reed phragmites karka and. Biosorption of chromium using aquatic plant, lepironia. Biosorption of chromium using aquatic plant, lepironia articulata. The articulata, diverse and most numerous from ordovician times to the present, were, in the cambrian, represented by several specialized forms. Lepironia in world checklist of selected plant families.
Plants of lepironia articulata are tall perennials from coastal freshwater wetlands and rivers from china south to warmtemperate southeastern australia fig. Flowers as long as or slightly shorter than the glumes. Articulata definition of articulata by the free dictionary. Home profile page data source and documentation for lepironia articulata retz. The biosorption of chromium cr by the aquatic plant, lepironia articulata near to taman anggerik, kedah, malaysia, was. Lepironia is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, lepironia articulata, known as the grey sedge. Pdf constructed wetland of lepironia articulata for household. Constructed wetland of lepironia articulata for household greywater treatment.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Hydrochar and modified biochar prepared from a tropical biomass lepironia articulata were successfully used for the removal of crvi from aqueous solution. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Twizzler lepironia articulata la20 a cultivar of lepironia articulata, a fresh water macrophyte that grows in ephemeral swamps, from 100mm1m deep. Data source and references for lepironia articulata from the usda plants database. However, most research carried out explore the use of different aquatic plant like hyacinths or duckweed but little data on lepironia articulata for greywater treatment using constructed wetland 9. Lepironia articulata twizzler is a fresh water sedge, native to the northcoast of nsw. The application of lepironia articulate as bioabsorber of heavy metal hasnt been studied yet. Potential crops for paludiculture in temperate, boreal and tropical climates susanne abel university of greifswald foto. They bear unitubulose culms with transverse septa, and basal leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths. Articulata, and control model without plant at two sampling period. The physical and chemical properties of the hydrochar and modified.
Articulate evolution tended toward shell elaboration for bottom dwelling and perfection of feeding mechanisms from the simple looped lophophore to the elaborate lobate and spiral. The biosorption of chromium cr by the aquatic plant, lepironia articulata near to taman anggerik, kedah, malaysia, was examined in wastewater contaminated with 4, 8, 12 and 16 mg l\ud 1\ud of cr. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Sedges uses, diversity, and systematics of the cyperaceae.
Domin, a sedge known to occur in india only by its reported. Constructed wetland of lepironia articulata for household greywater treatment author links open. Lepironia articulata, commonly called grey sedge or krajood, can be transformed into various products to generate extra income for local families in the southern. A pilot tank study was carried out to determine the nutrient removal efficiency of the common reed phragmites karka and tube sedge lepironia articulata. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as a synonym record 252240 with original publication details. Data source and references for lepironia articulata. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information.
Leafsheaths stramineous to brownish, the upper one much longer than the lower, 1030 cm long. Domin, a sedge known to occur in india only by its reported type collection from the vicinity of tranquebar tharangampadi. Lepironia has often been considered a monotypic genus, with lepironia articulata being the only species, but at present lepironia and chorizandra have been united into a larger genus lepironiawith 1 species in subgenus lepironia characterized by an inflorescence consisting of one spikelike cluster and pistils with 2 stigmasand 4 australian. Pdf constructed wetland of lepironia articulata for. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing.
This name is a synonym of lepironia articulata retz. The plant list includes 19 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus lepironia. Rediscovery in singapore of lepironia articulata retz. It grows in ephemeral swamps and the margins of fresh water swamps. Change detection and identification of land potential for planting.
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