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Also known as: Blyxa leiocarpa, Hydrilla japonica
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Species profile
- Accepted name
- Blyxa japonica (Miq.) Maxim. ex Asch. & Gürke Species
- Common names
- Japanese Rush, Oriental bamboo plant
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Blyxa
- Habitat
- Terrestrial, Freshwater, Freshwater; Freshwater-terrestrial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central
- Basionym
- Hydrilla japonica Miq.
- Published in
- H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(1): 253 (1889)
Media and observations
Bangladesh, China (nationwide), Cambodia, India (Western [Meghalaya]), Indonesia (Boreo, New Guinea, Sulawesi), Japan, Malaysia (Peninsular), Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand. (An updated checklist of aquatic plants of Myanmar and Thailand)
Arable land and market gardens (I1 level 2) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2865980 https://www.gbif.org/species/2865980
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM