Phyllospadix

Surfgrass
Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Zosteraceae
Genus: Phyllospadix
Hooker (1840)
Phyllospadix is a food source for many animals including this Tectura palacea.

Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass,[1] is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840.[2][3][4][5] Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.[5]

It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.[6]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Phyllospadix​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: 171 description in Latin, commentary and habitat information in English
  3. ^ Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: figure CLXXXVI line drawing as illustration
  4. ^ "Tropicos | Name - !Phyllospadix Hook". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  5. ^ a b Larkum, Anthony W.D.; Duarte, Carlos; Orth, Robert J., eds. (2005). "Taxonomy and biogeorgraphy of seagrasses". Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4020-2942-4.
  6. ^ "Judith Connor". Retrieved 2017-02-02.