Halophila

For Halophila Girard, 1853, see Cornufer.

Halophila johnsonii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Halophila
Species: H. australis – H. baillonis – H. beccarii – H. capricorni – H. decipiens – H. engelmannii – H. euphlebia – H. gaudichaudii – H. hawaiiana – H. major – H. mikii – H. minor – H. nipponica – H. okinawensis – H. ovalis – H. spinulosa – H. stipulacea – H. sulawesii – H. tricostata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Halophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page.

Name

Halophila Thouars, 1806

• Typus: Halophila madagascariensis Steud.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Barkania Ehrenb., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1832: 428 (1834), nom. nud.
  • Lemnopsis Zipp. ex Zoll., Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 1: 75 (1854).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Halophila Continental: Tropical & Subtropical coasts Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, Florida, Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sinai, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen Introduced into: East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Sicilia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1806. Genera nova Madagascariensia, secundum methodum jussiaenam disposita. 29 pp. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463. Reference page. : 2

Additional references

• National Marine Fisheries Service. 2002. Recovery plan for Johnson's Seagrass (Halophila johnsonii). Prepared by the Johnson's Seagrass Recovery Team for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland.
• USDA plants profile for Halophila [1]
• Western Australia Seagrass web page for Halophila [2]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Halophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Halophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Halophila. Published online. Accessed: Oct 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Halophila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Halophila. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Seagrass
eesti: Soolalemb

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