Halodule
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Cymodoceaceae |
| Genus: | Halodule Endl. |
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Halodule is a genus of plants in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1841.[2][3] It is widespread on tropical and semi-tropical ocean shores of all continents except Europe and Antarctica.[1][4][5][6][7]
Species
[edit]Hybridization has been reported in the Pacific between H. pinifolia and H. uninervis.[8]
There are six recognised species:[1]
- Halodule bermudensis - Bermuda
- Halodule ciliata - Panama
- Halodule emarginata - SE Brazil
- Halodule pinifolia - India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Hainan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Queensland, Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Caroline Islands
- Halodule uninervis - shores of Indian + Pacific Oceans, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, Papuasia, Queensland, Micronesia
- Halodule wrightii - Atlantic Ocean shores including Caribbean + Gulf of Mexico: Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Angola), West Indies, South America (Venezuela, Brazil), Mexico, Central America, United States (TX LA MS AL FL NC MD)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita Supplementum 1(2)1368–1369 in Latin
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - !Halodule Endl". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- ^ Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ "Halodule in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Halodule in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Ito, Y. and Nr. Tanaka (2011) Hybridisation in a tropical seagrass genus, Halodule (Cymodoceaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies Archived 2013-08-25 at archive.today. Telopea 13: 219-231
External links
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