Lepironia articulata

Lepironia articulata
Lepironia articulata ( commonly called Purun Bangka in Indonesia )

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Mapanioideae
Tribus: Chrysitricheae
Genus:Lepironia
Species:

Name

Lepironia articulata (Retz.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 486 (1915).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Restio articulatus Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 14 (1786).
  • Homotypic
    • Chondrachne articulata (Retz.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 220 (1810).
  • Heterotypic
    • Lepironia mucronata Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 70 (1805).
    • Scirpus conifer Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 756 (1805).
    • Choricarpha aphylla Boeckeler, Flora 41: 20 (1858).
    • Lepironia mucronata var. capitata F.Muell., Fragm. 9: 17 (1875).
    • Lepironia compressa Boeckeler, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 78 (1896).
    • Lepironia mucronata var. compressa (Boeckeler) E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 180 (1912).
    • Lepironia articulata var. capitata (F.Muell.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 486 (1915).
    • Lepironia conifera (Poir.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 631 (1917).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to W. Pacific
      • Borneo; Caroline Is.; China Southeast; Fiji; Hainan; India; Laos; Malaya; Maluku; Nansei-shoto; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tonga; Vietnam
  • Continental: Africa
      • Madagascar

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Domin, K., 1915. Bibliotheca Botanica. Kassel 20(Heft 85):486.
  • Brotonegoro, S., 2003. Lepironia articulata (Retz.) Domin. In: Brink, M and Escobin, R.P. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 17: Fibre plants. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea

Vernacular names

  • English: Purun, Lake sedge, Jointed rush
  • Bahasa Indonesia: Purun bangka
  • Bahasa Melayu: purun, purun danau
  • ไทย: kra chuut (central, Satun)
  • Tiếng Việt: Cỏ bàng
  • 中文: 石龍芻,
For more multimedia, look at Lepironia articulata on Wikimedia Commons.