Blyxa aubertii

Blyxa aubertii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Blyxa
Species: B. aubertii
Binomial name
Blyxa aubertii
Rich.
Synonyms[1]
  • Blyxa ceylanica Hook. f.
  • Blyxa corana (Lév.) Nakai
  • Blyxa ecaudata Hayata
  • Blyxa graminea Steud.
  • Blyxa griffithii Planch. ex Hook. f.
  • Blyxa malayana Ridl.
  • Blyxa muricata Koidz.
  • Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites
  • Blyxa oryzetorum (Decne.) Hook. f.
  • Blyxa roxburghii Rich.
  • Blyxa zeylanica Hook. f.
  • Diplosiphon oryzetorum Decne.
  • Hydrolirion coreanum Lév.
  • Valisneria octandra Roxb.

Blyxa aubertii, common name bamboo plant, is a plant species widespread across Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia, but known from the Western Hemisphere only from a few collections in the southwestern part of the US State of Louisiana.[2][3][4][5] This is an aquatic plant growing in shallow lakes and ponds.[6][7][8] This and other species in the genus are sold commercially as greenery to grow alongside fish in aquaria.[9][10]

Blyxa aubertii has short stems rarely more than 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. Leaves form a rosette, each leaf long and narrow, up to 60 cm (24 inches) long but usually less than 10 mm wide. Flowers are greenish-purple, with sepals 5–7 mm (0.2-0.32 inches) long and petals up to 17 mm (0.68 inches) long.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ Thieret, J. W., R. R. Haynes, and D. H. Dike. 1969. Blyxa aubertii (Hydrocharitaceae) in Louisiana: New to North America. Sida 3: 343--344.
  3. ↑ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic Wetland Pl. S.E. U.S. Monocot. 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.
  4. ↑ Simpson, D. 1989. Hydrocharitaceae. Hydrocharitaceae: 1–29. In R. M. Polhill (ed.) Fl. Trop. E. Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  5. ↑ Perrier de la Bathie, H. 1946. Hydrocharitacees. Flora of Madagascar 26: 1–13
  6. ↑ Flora of North America v 22
  7. ↑ Flora of China v 23
  8. ↑ Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan University of Karachi, Karachi.
  9. ↑ Plantpedia Aquascaping World
  10. ↑ Aquariumplants
  11. ↑ Cook, C. D. K., and R. Lüönd. 1983. A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 15: 1--52
  12. ↑ Richard, Louis Claude Marie. Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France 12(2): 19–23, 77, pl. 4. 1812.
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