Blyxa octandra

Blyxa octandra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Blyxa
Species: Blyxa octandra

Name

Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites, 1864

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vallisneria octandra Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 34 (1802).
• Homotypic
  • Blyxa roxburghii Rich., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 1811(2): 77 (1814), nom. illeg.
  • Blyxa saivala Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 212 (1840), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Myanmar, Vietnam. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Planchon, J.É., 1864. Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 332

Additional references

• Pandey, R.P. & Diwakar, P.G. 2008. An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32(2): 403–500. Reference page. 
• Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.) 2010. Flora of China. Volume 23: Acoraceae through Cyperaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-99-3. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Blyxa octandra (Roxb) Planch. ex Thwaites (Least Concern) - Assessed by D. Juffe Bignoli on 13 December 2010 and published in 2011.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Blyxa octandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Blyxa octandra. Published online. Accessed: 22 October 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Blyxa octandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 October 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Blyxa octandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 24. Reference page. 

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