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| image = Blyxa_japonica.png<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = As drawn by Michio Murakoshi, 1925<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |last1=Zhuang |first1=X. |year=2011 |title=''Blyxa japonica'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T168803A6539301 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T168803A6539301.en |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref><br />
| genus = Blyxa<br />
| species = japonica<br />
| authority = ([[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]) [[Karl Maximovich|Maxim.]] ex [[Paul Friedrich August Ascherson|Asch.]] & [[Max Gürke|Gürke]]<br />
| subdivision = {{Species list<br />
|Blyxa japonica var. alternifolia|(Miq.) [[Christopher David Kentish Cook|C.D.K.Cook]] & [[Ruth Lüönd|Luond]]<br />
|Blyxa japonica var. japonica|}}<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Varieties<br />
| subdivision_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |id=431629-1 |title=''Blyxa japonica'' (Miq.) Maxim. ex Asch. & Gürke |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref><br />
| synonyms = {{Species list<br />
|Hydrilla japonica|Miq.}}<br />
{{Species list<br />
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|header=var. ''alternifolia''<ref>{{cite POWO |id=921835-1 |title=''Blyxa japonica'' var. ''alternifolia'' (Miq.) C.D.K.Cook & Luond |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref><br />
|Hydrilla alternifolia|Miq.<br />
|Enhydrias angustipetala|[[Henry Nicholas Ridley|Ridl.]]<br />
|Blyxa angustipetala|(Ridl.) [[Genkei Masamune|Masam.]]<br />
|Blyxa alternifolia|(Miq.) [[Cornelis den Hartog|Hartog]]}}<br />
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|header=var. ''japonica''<ref>{{cite POWO |id=77171272-1 |title=''Blyxa japonica'' var. ''japonica'' |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref><br />
|Blyxa caulescens|Maxim. ex [[Jinzō Matsumura|Matsum.]]<br />
|Blyxa leiocarpa|Maxim. ex Matsum.<br />
|Diplosiphon caulescens|Maxim. ex Matsum.<br />
|Diplosiphon leiocarpa|Maxim. ex Matsum.<br />
|Blyxa laevissima|[[Bunzō Hayata|Hayata]]<br />
|Enhydrias angustipetala var. latifolia|Ridl.<br />
|Blyxa angustipetala var. laevissima|(Hayata) Masam.}}<br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/><br />
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'''''Blyixa japonica''''' is a species of plant in the family [[Hydrocharitaceae]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Borthakur |first1=Sashin Kumar |title=Rediscovery of Blyxa japonica (Miquel) Maximowicz ex Ascherson et Gürke -a hydrophyte from Lakhimpur district of Assam, India |journal=Pleione |date=2012 |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=435–437 |url=https://www.academia.edu/32918811 |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> It is known as '''Japanese blyxa''' or '''dwarf Asian grass'''.<ref name=kasselman2020/><br />
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==Description==<br />
The flowers are bisexual, [[actinomorphic]] and have numerous [[ovule]]s. It has whorled leaves.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tang |first1=Sai-chun |last2=Wang |first2=Yu-guo |last3=Xia |first3=Nian-he |last4=Liu |first4=Yang |last5=Wei |first5=Fa-nan |last6=Wen |first6=He-qun |title=Floral Organogenesis of Blyxa japonica (Hydrocharitaceae) |journal=Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany |date=2002 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=139–144 |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1005-3395.2002.2.007 |doi-broken-date=11 July 2025 |url=http://jtsb.ijournals.cn/jtsb_en/article/abstract/200202007?st=article_issue |access-date=3 September 2023 |language=en |issn=1005-3395}}</ref> It can be told from the genus ''[[Limnobium]]'' by its pollen, which has spine-like projections.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=D.K. Cook |first1=Christopher |last2=Lüönd |first2=Ruth |title=A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae) |journal=Aquatic Botany |date=1 January 1983 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–52 |doi=10.1016/0304-3770(83)90098-0 |bibcode=1983AqBot..15....1D |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304377083900980 |access-date=3 September 2023 |issn=0304-3770|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
The species is native to [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Japan]], and [[Papua New Guinea]].<ref name="tfh">{{cite web |last1=Millar |first1=Bryce |title=Blyxa japonica |url=https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/aquatic-plants/blyxa-japonica |website=Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> It has naturalized in [[Italy]]. In the wild, the species is found in shallow, stagnant water such as [[rice paddies]].<ref name=kasselman2020>{{cite book |last1=Kasselmann |first1=Christel |title=Aquarium Plants |date=2020 |location=[[Teltow]], Germany |isbn=978-3-00-064912-7 |page=180}}</ref><br />
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==Cultivation==<br />
The species, along with other members of the genus such as ''[[Blyxa aubertii]]'', are common in the aquarium trade. ''B. japonica'' is difficult and demanding to grow.<ref name=kasselman2020/><br />
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''B. japonica'' var. ''japonica'', ''B. j.'' var. ''alternifolia'', and ''B. j.'' var. ''recurvifolia'' are all found in cultivation.<ref name=kasselman2020/><br />
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[[Category:Hydrocharitaceae]]<br />
[[Category:Aquatic plants]]<br />
[[Category:Least concern flora of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Least concern flora of Papuasia]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1866]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel]]<br />
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