Biology:Phyllospadix
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Short description: Genus of aquatic plants
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| Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Zosteraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllospadix Hooker (1840) |
Phyllospadix is a food source for many animals including this Tectura palacea.
Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass,[1] is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840.[2][3][4][5] Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.[5]
It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.[6]
Species
- Accepted species[7]
- Phyllospadix iwatensis – China , Korea, Japan , Russian Far East
- Phyllospadix japonicus – China , Korea, Japan
- Phyllospadix juzepczukii – Russian Far East
- Phyllospadix scouleri (type species) – Alaska to Baja California
- Phyllospadix serrulatus – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington (state)
- Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico
References
- ↑ "Phyllospadix". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHYLL4. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: 171 description in Latin, commentary and habitat information in English
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: figure CLXXXVI line drawing as illustration
- ↑ "Tropicos | Name - !Phyllospadix Hook.". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007849.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Larkum, Anthony W.D.; Duarte, Carlos; Orth, Robert J., eds (2005). "Taxonomy and biogeorgraphy of seagrasses". Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4020-2942-4.
- ↑ "Judith Connor" (in en-US). http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/seagrass/erika/SEX.HTM.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Phyllospadix". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42996.
External links
- Images of Phyllospadix at Algaebase
Wikidata ☰ Q2700115 entry
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