Posidonia australis

Taxonavigation

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

Posidonia australis Hook.f., Fl. Tasman. 2: 43. 1858.

Homotypic
- Alga australis (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Caulinia oceanica R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 339 (1810), nom. illeg.
- Caulinia australiana F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 198 (1868).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Hainan Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hooker, J.D. 1858–1859. The botany of the Antarctic voyage [...]. Part 3. Flora Tasmaniae. Vol. 2. 1-422 pp. + C-CC pl. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page. : 2: 43

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Posidonia australis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 01. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Posidonia australis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Posidonia australis. Published online. Accessed: June 01 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Posidonia australis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: fibre-ball weed, ribbon weed

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