Zostera Linnaeus 1753 (marine eelgrass)

Angiospermae - Najadales - Najadaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Najadaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also den Hartog 1970 and den Hartog and Kuo 2006

Sister taxa: Najadonium, Najadopsis

Subtaxa: Zostera (Heterozostera) Zostera (Zostera) Zostera (Zosterella) Zostera asiatica Zostera caespitosa Zostera caulescens Zostera japonica Zostera kiewiensis Zostera marina Zostera novazelandica

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Type: Zostera marina

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Chile (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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