Thalassia testudinum

Thalassia testudinum

Thalassia testudinum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Thalassia
Species: Thalassia testudinum

Name

Thalassia testudinum Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig, 1805

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Thalassia vitrariorum Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 563 (1807).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: SE. U.S.A. to Venezuela, Caribbean Alabama, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Banks, J. & Solander, D.C., 1805. Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thalassia testudinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thalassia testudinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Thalassia testudinum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Thalassia testudinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Thalassia testudinum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thalassia testudinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: April 8, 2012.

Vernacular names

English: Turtlegrass
français: Herbe à tortue

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