Posidonia oceanica

Posidonia oceanica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Posidoniaceae
Genus: Posidonia
Species: Posidonia oceanica

Name

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, 1813

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Zostera oceanica L., Mant. Pl.: 123 (1770)
• Homotypic
  • Caulinia oceanica (L.) DC. in A.P.de Candolle & J.B.A.de Lamarck, Syn. Pl. Fl. Gall. 3: 156 (1806)
  • Kernera oceanica (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 947 (1806)
  • Taenidium oceanicum (L.) Targ.Tozz., Cat. Veg. Mar.: 80 (1826)
  • Alga oceanica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Posidonia caulini K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96 (1805)
  • Taenidium acuminatum Targ.Tozz., Cat. Veg. Mar.: 80 (1826)
  • Aegle fragilis Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 43 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Sinai, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 78 1813.

• Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38

Links

• Posidonia oceanica in AlgaeBase
• Posidonia oceanica in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

català: Posidònia
corsu: Arba marina
Deutsch: Neptungras
English: Neptune Grass
español: Alga de vidrieros
français: Posidonie de Méditerranée
magyar: Neptunfű
Nederlands: Neptunusgras

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