Zostera marina, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFB3-FF93-C525-FB21F4368DC6

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scientific name

Zostera marina
status

 

1. Z. marina L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 968 (1753).

Leaves on non-flowering shoots 20-50(-120) cm x (2—)5—12 mm, dark green, with rounded, often mucronate apex, those on flowering stems usually narrower; sheaths closed, splitting irregularly when old. Flowering stems up to 80(-150) cm, terminal, much-branched. Retinacula absent, except rarely in the lowest flower. Stigma twice as long as style. Fruit 3-3-5 mm, ellipsoid. 2/z = 12. On fine gravel, sand or mud, from low water neap tides down to c. 10 m. Coasts of most of Europe. Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb Ho Hs Is It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K,?E) Sa Si Su Tu.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Zosteraceae

Genus

Zostera

Loc

Zostera marina

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1980
1980
Loc

Z. marina

L. 1753: 968
1753
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