Syringodium
| Syringodium | |
|---|---|
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| S. isoetifolium and Acropora sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Cymodoceaceae |
| Genus: | Syringodium Kütz.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Syringodium filiforme[1] Kütz. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Syringodium is a genus in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1860.[3][4] It is found along shorelines of tropical and subtropical marine environments (Indian and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico).[2]
Species
There are two recognised species[2]
- Syringodium filiforme Kütz. - shores of Gulf of Mexico (TX LA MS FL, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula), and Caribbean (Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Greater + Lesser Antilles, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia)
- Syringodium isoetifolium - Indian + western Pacific shores including Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea: Africa (Egypt to Mozambique, Madagascar, Socotra, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Maldives, Andaman & Nicobar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southern China, Papuasia, northern Australia, Papuasia, Micronesia
References
- 1 2 In: Algae Marinae Exsiccatae 9: no. 426. 1860. "Name - Syringodium Kütz.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
Type Specimens: Syringodium filiforme
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Kützing, Friedrich Traugott. 1860. Algae Marinae Exsiccatae 9: 426
- ↑ Tropicos, Syringodium Kütz
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