Halophila
Tape-grasses | |
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Halophila johnsonii – Johnson's seagrass | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
Genus: | Halophila Thouars |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Halophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806.[2] The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has been subject to revision by botanical authors.
It is widespread in tropical waters, the distribution range also extends to subtropical and temperate waters primarily the Indian and Pacific Oceans but also the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas and the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
Unlike other seagrasses, the leaves of some species of Halophila do not have basal sheaths (i.e. the bases of the leaves do not wrap around the stem to form a sheath).[3]
Species
Species accepted by the Kew Botanical Garden[1]
- Halophila australis - southern Australia
- Halophila baillonis - Caribbean, N South America
- Halophila beccarii - S + E + SE Asia
- Halophila capricorni - New Caledonia, islands in Coral Sea
- Halophila decipiens - shores of Indian + Pacific; Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico
- Halophila engelmannii - Mexico, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, United States (PR, FL, LA, TX)
- Halophila gaudichaudii - Indian Ocean, western Pacific
- Halophila hawaiiana - Hawaii
- Halophila japonica - Japan
- Halophila major - Japan, Taiwan, SE Asia, Caroline Is
- Halophila mikii - Japan
- Halophila minor - Indian Ocean, western Pacific
- Halophila nipponica - Korea, Japan
- Halophila okinawensis - Nansei-shoto
- Halophila ovalis - Red Sea, Indian Ocean, western Pacific
- Halophila spinulosa - SE Asia, N Australia, New Guinea
- Halophila stipulacea - Red Sea, Indian Ocean
- Halophila sulawesii - Sulawesi
- Halophila tricostata - Queensland
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 2
- ↑ Halophila engelmannii star grass Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
External links
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- "Halophila". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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