Syringodium filiforme

Syringodium filiforme

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Syringodium
Species: Syringodium filiforme

Name

Syringodium filiforme Kutz. in R.F.Hohenacker, Alg. Mar. Exsicc. 9: 426 (1860).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cymodocea filiformis (Kütz.) Correll, Wrightia 4: 74 (1968).
• Heterotypic
  • Cymodocea manatorum Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1868: 19 (1868).
  • Phucagrostis manatorum (Asch.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Bahamas; Belize; Bermuda; Cayman Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas Continental: Northern America Florida; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panam; Puerto Rico; Southwest Caribbean; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kützing, F.T. in R.F.Hohenacker, 1860. Algae Marinae Siccatae (Hohenacker) no. 426.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Syringodium filiforme in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Syringodium filiforme. Published online. Accessed: Jan 13 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Syringodium filiforme in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Syringodium filiforme. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syringodium filiforme in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: manatee grass

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