Posidonia oceanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Posidoniaceae
Genus: Posidonia
Species: Posidonia oceanica

Name

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813

Synonymy

Basionym
- Zostera oceanica L., Mant. Pl.: 123 (1770)
Homotypic
- Caulinia oceanica (L.) DC. in A.P.de Candolle & J.B.A.de Lamarck, Syn. Pl. Fl. Gall. 3: 156 (1806)
- Kernera oceanica (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 947 (1806)
- Taenidium oceanicum (L.) Targ.Tozz., Cat. Veg. Mar.: 80 (1826)
- Alga oceanica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Posidonia caulini K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1805)
- Taenidium acuminatum Targ.Tozz., Cat. Veg. Mar.: 80 (1826)
- Aegle fragilis Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 43 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Sinai, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 78 1813.

Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38

Links

Posidonia oceanica in AlgaeBase
Posidonia oceanica in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

català: Posidònia
corsu: Arba marina
Deutsch: Neptungras
English: Neptune Grass
español: Alga de vidrieros
français: Posidonie de Méditerranée
magyar: Neptunfű
Nederlands: Neptunusgras