Cymodocea

Cymodocea nodosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Cymodocea
Species: C. angustata – C. nodosa – C. rotundata

Name

Cymodocea K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1806), nom. cons.

• Type species: Cymodocea aequorea K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1806), currently regarded as a synonym of Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1869: 4 (1869).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Phucagrostis Cavolini, Phucagr. Theophr. Anth.: xiii (1792), nom. rej.
  • Phucagrostis Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 649 (1806), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Cymodocea Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania, Senegal. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Comoros, Mozambique Channel Islands, Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China Hainan. Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• König, K.D.E. 1806. Annals of Botany (Edited by König & Sims) 2: 96.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Cymodocea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Cymodocea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 22 2014.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Cymodocea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

English: Sea Grass

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