Ahaniu, UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated); upper right: Panicum torridumHawaiian Names:The early Hawaiians named this plant Ahaniu, meaning "coconut sennit." Sennit is a type of cordage made by plaiting or braiding strands of leaves or fiber. Coconut (niu) fiber from the husks was often used. It was important in attaching the ama (outrigger float) to the hull of the waa (canoe), as well as securing stones to war-club handles and erecting hale (houses).Uki is a name used for some native sedges (Cladium jamaicense, Machaerina spp.) and also another name for Ukiuki or Hawaiian dianella (Dianella sandwicensis).Closeup of base of plantwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/17944118299/in/photolist...EtymologyThe generic name Machaerina is derived from the Latin machaera, a bent dagger or sword, and -ina, a feminine suffix, which in this case is diminutive, referring to the shape of the leaves of some species.The specific epithet mariscoides is from the Latin Mariscus, a genus in Cyperaceae, the suffix -oides, like or resembling, in reference to this species resemblance of the sedge Mariscus.The subspecific meyenii was named after Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804-1840), a German physician and botanist.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Machaerina_mariscoides...
Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Depesin del Ebro.Familia: CYPERACEAESinnimos: Cyperus badius. Cyperus longus badius.Distribucin: Se distribuye en Europa por el S, W y C; en la Pennsula Ibrica por casi todo, aunque raramente ascienden a las montaas; en Aragn lo encontramos en la Depresin del Ebro, a baja altitud. Hbitat: Herbazales sobre suelos hmedos, encharcados, sotos fluviales.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente Rango altitudinal: 135- 840 m Floracin: Junio - AgostoForma Biolgica: Gefito. Gefito rizomatosoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
2011-05-07 Burgenland, district Mattersburg (Kogelberg, 305 msm Quadrant 8264/4).German name: Micheli-SeggeThe Latin name should be spelled according to Italian pronunciation rules /mikelii/, as it is named after an Italian botanist.
I've been accused of having everything in my yard except the kitchen sink. Well, no more! I now have the kitchen sink too.I plugged the drain puka (hole) and used our old kitchen sink as a planter for kaluh, an indigenous sedge (Schoenoplectiella juncoides). The algae is the result of adding greensand. So, don't add greensand. (The tacky-looking ply boards in the background are the neighbor's "fence." But it fits with the theme.)www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5188542408/in/photolist-...Kaluh or Rock bulrush(Schoenoplectiella juncoides)[syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides]Cyperaceae (Sedge family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai; Kohala Mountains, Hawaii Island)Oahu (Cultivated)