Thalassia Banks ex König, 1805

Lectotype species: Thalassia testudinum K.D.Koenig

Original publication: K[önig], C. [=K.D.] (1805). Addition to M. Cavolini's treatise on Zostera oceanica L. Annals of Botany 2: 91-97.

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Description: Leaves distichous, lacking ligula, not differentiated into petiole and blade, 0.5-1.0 cm wide; rhizome: 0.5 cm thick, internodes longitudinally grooved, scale at each node. Single flower in male inflorescence, flower shed after flowering, pollen grains shed in moniliform chains, 6-8 styles divided into 2 stigmata in female flower

Information contributed by: M.D. Guiry. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-08-13 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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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. 13 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024