Blyxa aubertii Rich.

 
  • Family : HYDROCHARITACEAE
    (Frog's-Bit Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JHANGI FAMILY (झांगी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : HYDROCHARITACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Blyxa aubertii var. echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) C.D.K.Cook & Luond; Blyxa echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f.; Hydrotrophus echinospermus C.B.Clarke; Blyxa oryzetorum (Decne.) Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blyxa aubertii Rich.
  • Common name : Round Fruit Blyxa
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Pools, ponds and paddy field
  • Comments / notes : In tanks
  • Key identification features : Aquatic herb
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
  • Native : Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blyxa aubertii. Downloaded on 23 November 2024.

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