Posidonia oceanica

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Posidonia oceanica

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Posidoniaceae
Genus: Posidonia
Species: Posidonia oceanica

Name

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Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813

Synonymy

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  • 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

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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, 2nd Edition

References

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  • 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
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Vernacular names

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