Blyxa

Blyxa is a genus of an aquatic plant of the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1806.^[2][3]

Blyxa
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]
Diplosiphon Decne. Hydrotrophus C.B.Clarke Enhydrias Ridl. Blyxopsis Kuntze

It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, and Australia.^[1][4][5]

Species^[1]

1. Blyxa aubertii A. Rich. - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea, N Australia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique
2. Blyxa echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f. - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea, N Australia
3. Blyxa hexandra C.D.K.Cook & Luond - central Africa
4. Blyxa japonica (Miq.) Maxim. ex Asch. & Gürke - China, Japan, Korea, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea
5. Blyxa javanica Hassk. - Java
6. Blyxa leiosperma Koidz. - Japan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
7. Blyxa novoguineensis Hartog - Papua New Guinea
8. Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites - China, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, New Guinea
9. Blyxa quadricostata Hartog - Myanmar, Thailand
10. Blyxa radicans Ridl. - central Africa
11. Blyxa senegalensis Dandy - West Africa
12. Blyxa vietii C.D.K.Cook & Luond - Vietnam

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
2. Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 4
3. "Tropicos | Name - !Blyxa Noronha ex Thouars". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
4. Cook, C.D.K. and R. Luond (1983) A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 15: 1–52
5. "Blyxa in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.