Blyxa octandra

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Blyxa octandra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Blyxa
Species:
B. octandra
Binomial name
Blyxa octandra
(Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites

Blyxa octandra is an aquatic plant in the genus Blyxa . [1]

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Distribution

Blyxa octandra is native to Southeast Asia and Australia. It is not known from Indonesia. [2]

Description

Blyxa octandra is dioecious, with male plants having pollen on the adaxial surface of the petals, and females having stigmas like petals. [3]

References

  1. "Blyxa octandra". iNaturalist United Kingdom.
  2. "Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. Ex Thwaites | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  3. Cook, Christopher D.K.; Lüönd, Ruth; Nair, Bhadran (January 1981). "Floral biology of Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) planchon ex thwaites (Hydrocharitaceae)". Aquatic Botany. 10: 61–68. doi:10.1016/0304-3770(81)90005-X.