Phyllospadix
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Phyllospadix is a genus of seagrass or surfgrass, a flowering plant
in the family Zosteraceae
, comprising 5 species. Phyllospadix grows in marine
waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific
.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the family Zosteraceae
Zosteraceae
Zosteraceae is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses complete their entire life cycle under water, having filamentous pollen especially adapted to dispersion in an...
, comprising 5 species. Phyllospadix grows in marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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Species
The species currently recognised are:- Phyllospadix iwatensis
- Phyllospadix japonicus
- Phyllospadix scouleriPhyllospadix scouleriPhyllospadix scouleri, or Scouler's surf grass, is a flowering marine plant in the family Zosteraceae. It is native to the coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California....
(type species) - Phyllospadix serrulatus
- Phyllospadix torreyi
External links
- Images of Phyllospadix at AlgaebaseAlgaeBaseAlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, as well as one group of flowering plants, the sea-grasses.AlgaeBase evolved from Michael Guiry's seaweed website, and has grown into a database of algae from throughout the world, and in freshwater, terrestrial, and...