Zostera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Zosteraceae
Genus: Zostera
Species: Z. angustifolia – Z. asiatica – Z. caespitosa – Z. capensis – Z. capricorni – Z. caulescens – Z. chilensis – Z. japonica – Z. marina – Z. mucronata – Z. muelleri – Z. nigricaulis – Z. noltei – Z. novazelandica – Z. polychlamys – Z. tasmanica

Name

Zostera L. (1753): 968.

Type species: Z. marina L. (1753)

Synonyms

Alga Tourn. ex Lam. (1778)
Heterozostera (Setch.) Hartog (1970): 114.
Nanozostera Toml. & Posl. (2001)

References

Govaerts, R. (2011). World Checklist of Zosteraceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; [1] Retrieved 2011-11-05.
Hartog, C. den (1970) The sea-grasses of the world. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde, Section 2, 59 (1): 1–275.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lee, D.H. (2009) New combinations in Zostera (Zosteraceae). Telopea 12: 419–423.
Kuo, J. (2005) A revision of the genus Heterozostera (Zosteraceae). Aquatic Botany 81: 97–140.
Kuo, J.; Tanaka, N.; Omori, Y.; Nakaoka, M. & Aioi, K. (2003) Phylogenetic relationships in the genera Zostera and Heterozostera (Zosteraceae) based on matK sequence data. Journal of Plant Research 116: 273–279.
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 968. Reference page.
Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluszny, U. 2001. Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50(2): 429–437. DOI: 10.2307/1223890 . JSTOR Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Seegräser
English: Marine eelgrass
eesti: Merihein
suomi: Ajokkaat
français: Zostères
magyar: Tengerifű
Nederlands: Zeegras

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