ZOSTERACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFB3-FF93-C757-FBA1FACB8D8E |
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Plazi |
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ZOSTERACEAE |
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CLXXX. ZOSTERACEAE View in CoL View at ENA 2
Perennial, submerged marine herbs. Rhizome creeping, with long internodes, bearing at each node 2 or more unbranched roots and a leaf with a short shoot in its axil. Short shoots with several distichous, linear leaves with compressed, sheathing bases. Flowering stems lateral or terminal. Inflorescence enclosed in the sheathing base of a spathe. Flowers with 1 dorsifixed, sessile stamen and 1 unilocular ovary with a style and 2 long, filiform stigmas, arranged alternately on the margin of the flattened axis; perianth absent. Pollen-grains filiform. Ovule 1.
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