Blyxa aubertiiRich.

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WFO wfo-0000770592 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Blyxa aubertii, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2019-06-25 / obs. 43779053
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by coenobita
fig. b coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18393365
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by Daniel McNair
fig. c Daniel McNair, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171183493
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by Justine Faure
fig. d Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204652816
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 43779040
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by coenobita
fig. f coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18393337
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by Justine Faure
fig. g Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204652750
Blyxa aubertii, photographed by Tony van Kampen
fig. h Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65605754

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Blyxa aubertii is native: Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Caroline Is. MadagascarMozambiqueTanzaniaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaMalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia KoreaNansei-shotoAndaman Is.Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Blyxa aubertii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Madagascar MDG AFRICA
Mozambique MOZ
Tanzania TAN
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Blyxa aubertii var. aubertii
  • Blyxa ceylanica Hook.f.
  • Blyxa ecaudata Hayata
  • Blyxa graminea Steud.
  • Blyxa griffithii Planch. ex Hook.f.
  • Blyxa malayana Ridl.
  • Blyxa muricata Koidz.
  • Blyxa oryzetorum (Decne.) Hook.f.
  • Blyxa zeylanica Hook.f.
  • Diplosiphon oryzetorum Decne.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.