Nanozostera Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001

Holotype species: Nanozostera noltei (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny

Original publication and holotype designation: Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 429-437.

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Description: Nanozostera (Ostenfeld) Tomlinson & Posluszny, with open leaf sheaths, extended rhizome internodes, leaf blade narrow with 3-5 longitudinal veins and distinguished from Heterozostera by its straight (not looping) rhizome internodes, its erect shoots herbaceous and not wiry, not rooting distally. Outer cortex of stem with thick-walled cells; cortical vascular bundles of rhizome 2(-4).

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. 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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024