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]
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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) |
It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.[6]
Species
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- 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
- Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phyllospadix". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ a b 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". Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
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