Zosteraceae

Zostera L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 968 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to New Guinea.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Albania

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central American Pac, Chile Central, China North-Central, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Libya, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Den Hartog, Sea-grasses of World: 42 (1970).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 968 (1753).
  • Les, Moody, Jacobs & Bayer in Syst. Bot. 27: 468–484 (2002).
  • Setchell in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  9: 810 (1933).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Asch. in E. & P. Pf. 2, 1: 201 (1889)
  • Graebn. in E.P. 4, 2: 27 (1907)
  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 415 (1754)
  • Setch. in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 19: 810 (1933)
  • Sp. Pl.: 968 (1753)
  • den Hartog, Sea-grasses of the World: 42 (1970)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Melville, R. New Zealand K:SPC-37179.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0