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Enhalus

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy
Enhalus was named by Richard (1812). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vallisnerioideae by den Hartog (1970); and to Hydrocharitaceae by den Hartog and Kuo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Enhalus Richard
1970Enhalus den Hartog p. 214
2006Enhalus den Hartog and Kuo p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyHydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusEnhalusRichard 1812

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Enhalus Richard 1812
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Enhalus acoroides Linnaeus 1840
Enhalus koenigi Richard 1812
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available