Machaerina

Ahaniu, UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Photo: Hawai'iloa Ridge Trail, OahuThe fern backdrop is uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)Hawaiian 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).Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/27815768740/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...

Ahaniu, UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Hawaiian 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).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...

Ahaniu, UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Photo: Hawai'iloa Ridge Trail, OahuThe fern surrounding ahaniu and in background is uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)Hawaiian 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).Flowering/fruiting stalkwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/28096892325/in/photolist...Small cultivated plantwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/18131424971/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...

Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia

Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia

Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia

UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (all the main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Kaala, OahuCloseupwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/9110972228/in/datetaken-...Captain Cook's artist John Webber sketched Hawaiian canoe paddlers wearing gourd masks. These masks were decorated with strips of kapa (tapa) that hung down and some are quite certain that the crest resembling feathers was uki (Cladium spp.). This may have been Cladium jamaicense or an another indigenous species now referred to as Machaerina angustifolia [syn. Cladium angustifolia].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 name angustifolia [angustifolius] means "narrow leaved."nativeplants.hawaii.edu

UkiCyperaceae (Sedge family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (all the main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Kaala, OahuHabitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/9110972678/in/photolist-...Captain Cook's artist John Webber sketched Hawaiian canoe paddlers wearing gourd masks. These masks were decorated with strips of kapa (tapa) that hung down and some are quite certain that the crest resembling feathers was uki (Cladium spp.). This may have been Cladium jamaicense or an another indigenous species now referred to as Machaerina angustifolia [syn. Cladium angustifolia].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 name angustifolia [angustifolius] means "narrow leaved."nativeplants.hawaii.edu

New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales, Australia