Blyxa
Appearance
Blyxa | |
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Blyxa echinosperma | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
Subfamily: | Anacharioideae |
Genus: | Blyxa Thouars ex Rich |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Blyxa is a genus of an aquatic plant of the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1806.[2][3]
It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, and Australia.[1][4][5]
- Species[1]
- Blyxa aubertii A. Rich. - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea, N Australia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique
- Blyxa echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f. - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea, N Australia
- Blyxa hexandra C.D.K.Cook & Luond - central Africa
- Blyxa japonica (Miq.) Maxim. ex Asch. & Gürke - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea
- Blyxa javanica Hassk. - Java
- Blyxa leiosperma Koidz. - Japan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
- Blyxa novoguineensis Hartog - Papua New Guinea
- Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites - China, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, New Guinea
- Blyxa quadricostata Hartog - Myanmar, Thailand
- Blyxa radicans Ridl. - central Africa
- Blyxa senegalensis Dandy - West Africa
- Blyxa vietii C.D.K.Cook & Luond - Vietnam
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 4
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - !Blyxa Noronha ex Thouars". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ Cook, C.D.K. and R. Luond (1983) A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 15: 1–52
- ^ "Blyxa in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.