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|accepted_authority=Noroña ex Thouars
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|title=Genera Nova Madagascariensia
|place=4. 1806
|year=1806
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hydrocharitaceae;Blyxa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrocharitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Blyxa]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek blyxo, to gush forth, spout out, bubble up
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>annual [perennial], of fresh waters.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>absent [present];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stolon presence">stolons present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem height or length or size"><b>Erect </b>stems rooted in substrate, unbranched short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf location;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal, submersed, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;intercellular space architecture;apex shape">blade of uniform color from margin to margin, with continuous intercellular spaces, linear, base grading into sheath, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="intercellular space architecture">midvein without rows of lacunae along sides, uniform in color throughout from margin to margin, with continuous intercellular spaces;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="midvein coloration;midvein position">abaxial surfacely without prickles or aerenchyma;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="intravaginal squamule architecture or shape">intravaginal squamules entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;flower arrangement;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>1-flowered, flowers rarely paired [cymose], long-pedunculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spathe architecture">spathe not winged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower location;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual [unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants], emersed, pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="petal coloration">petals white to reddish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther shape">anthers fusiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">pollen in monads;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="style quantity;style shape">styles 1, not 2-fid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>cylindric, ridged, dehiscing irregularly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>ellipsoid or fusiform, echinate [without spines and with or without ridges or wings].</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Asia;Africa;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 9 (1 in flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=cook1983b
|text=Cook, C. D. K., and R. Lüönd. 1983. A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Bot. 15: 1--52.
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|id=thieret1969a
|text=Thieret, J. W., R. R. Haynes, and D. H. Dike. 1969. Blyxa aubertii (Hydrocharitaceae) in Louisiana: New to North America. Sida 3: 343--344.
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|authority=Noroña ex Thouars
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|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
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|family=Hydrocharitaceae
|distribution=North America;Asia;Africa;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=cook1983b;thieret1969a
|publication title=Genera Nova Madagascariensia
|publication year=1806
|special status=
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|anther shape=fusiform
|apex shape=acute
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|filament fusion=distinct
|flower architecture=pedicellate;long-pedunculate
|flower arrangement=paired
|flower location=emersed
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscing
|fruit shape=ridged;cylindric
|inflorescence architecture=1-flowered
|intercellular space architecture=continuous;continuous
|intravaginal squamule architecture or shape=entire
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf location=submersed
|leaf position=basal
|midvein coloration=uniform
|midvein position=abaxial
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|petal coloration=white;reddish
|rhizome presence=absent
|seed architecture=echinate
|seed shape=fusiform;ellipsoid
|spathe architecture=not winged
|stem architecture=unbranched;rooted
|stem height or length or size=short
|stem orientation=erect
|stolon presence=absent
|style quantity=1
|style shape=not 2-fid
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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