Zostera Linnaeus, 1753
Holotype species: Zostera marina Linnaeus
Original publication and holotype designation: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
Request PDFDescription: Leaves ligulate, lacking tannin cells; rhizome monopodial, internodes elongate with long roots at nodes. Flowers monoecious, sessile spadix always covered by spathal sheath, retinacula often absent.
Information contributed by: M.D. Guiry. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-31 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Sullivan, B.K. & Short, F.T. (2023). Taxonomic revisions in Zosteraceae (Zostera, Nanozostera, Heterozostera and Phyllospadix). Aquatic Botany 187(103636): 1-5, 1 fig., 2 tables.
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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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