Blyxa

Blyxa echinosperma

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Blyxa
Species: B. aubertii – B. echinosperma – B. hexandra – B. japonica – B. javanica – B. kasaragodensis – B. leiosperma – B. mangalensis – B. novoguineensis – B. octandra – B. quadricostata – B. radicans – B. senegalensis – B. vietii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Blyxa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 22. Reference page.

Name

Blyxa Noronha ex Thouars, 1806

• Typus: Blyxa aubertii Rich.

Synonyms

• Blyxopsis Kuntze, Post & Kuntze, Lexic. 71 (1903)
• Diplosiphon Decne., Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 166. t. 167 (1844)
• Enhydrias Ridl., Journ. Bot., 69 (1900)
• Hydrolirion Lév., Fedde, Repert. 11: 67 (1912)
• Hydrotrophus C.B.Clarke, Journ. L. Soc. 14: (1873) 8. t. 1
• Saivala Jones, As. Res. 4: 275 (1799)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre Introduced into: Italy, Louisiana, Mississippi, Portugal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Noronha, F., 1806. Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 4

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Blyxa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Blyxa. Published online. Accessed: Oct 22 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Blyxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Blyxa. 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 Oct 22. Reference page. 
• Efloras, Dinghushan Plant Checklist, Guangdong Province, P. R. China. [1]

Vernacular names

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