Cymodocea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Cymodocea
Species: C. angustata – C. nodosa – C. rotundata

Name

Cymodocea K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1806), nom. cons.

Type species: Cymodocea aequorea K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1806), currently regarded as a synonym of Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1869: 4 (1869).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Phucagrostis Cavolini, Phucagr. Theophr. Anth.: xiii (1792), nom. rej.
- Phucagrostis Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 649 (1806), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Cymodocea

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania, Senegal.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Aldabra, Comoros, Mozambique Channel Islands, Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - Hainan.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Nansei-shoto.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland, Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia, Vanuatu.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.

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

References

Primary references

König, K.D.E. 1806. Annals of Botany (Edited by König & Sims) 2: 96.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Cymodocea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Cymodocea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 22 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Cymodocea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

English: Sea Grass