Blyxa aubertii

Blyxa aubertii is a plant from the family of frog bite plants ( Hydrocharitaceae ).

Description

The stems are shortened. The leaves are arranged in a basal rosette, linear, 5-17 (rarely to 60) cm × 4 (rarely to 12 ) mm in size, have 5-9 leaf veins and a pointed end. The Spathas are green and 3 to 5 cm × about 2 millimeters in size. Your stem is 2.7 to 8 inches long. The flowers are bisexual. The sepals are greenish purple, linear- lanceolate, and 5-7 × about 1 millimeter in size. The petals are 9-17 × about 0.5 millimeters. There are 3 stamens present. The stamens are 3-6 mm long, the anthers 1 to 1.8 millimeters. The ovary is closely cylindrical and 2.5 to 4 inches tall. The pen is about 7 millimeters in size. The fruits measure 4-6 (rarely from 2 and up to 8 ) inches. The 30 to 70 seeds are oblong- ovate, six to zwölfrippig and measure 1.2 to 1.8 × about 0.6 millimeters.

The nature blooms and bears fruit from May to September.

The chromosome number is 2n = 16

Occurrence

Blyxa aubertii grows in rice fields and canals. The species occurs in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang ), Taiwan, Korea and Japan ( Ryukyu Islands), Africa and Australia before. In North America, the species has been introduced.

System

Blyxa aubertii was first described in 1814 by Richard. A synonym is Blyxa ecaudata Hayata.

Documents

• Qingfeng Wang, Youhao Guo, Robert R. Haynes, C. Barre Hellquist: Blyxa aubertii. In: Flora of China Vol 23 Hydrocharitaceae, pp. 98 99 (online)