Lepironia

Not to be confused with Lepyronia.

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]}

Lepironia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Lepironia Rich.
Species:	L. articulata
Binomial name
Lepironia articulata (Retz.) Domin
Synonyms[1]
Chondrachne R.Br Lepyronia T.Lestib. Choricarpha Boeckeler Restio articulatus Retz Chondrachne articulata (Retz.) R.Br. Lepironia mucronata Rich. in C.H.Persoon Scirpus coniferus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck Choricarpha aphylla Boeckeler Lepironia mucronata var. capitata F.Muell. Lepironia compressa Boeckeler Lepironia mucronata var. compressa (Boeckeler) E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte Lepironia articulata var. capitata (F.Muell.) Domin Lepironia conifera (Poir.) Druce

Lepironia articulata

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]