Halophila

Tape-grasses
Image showing multiple shoots of H. engelmanni which are green seagrasses that have blades arranged in a star-like shape. They are short and low to the substrate with thin stems
Halophila engelmannii – Star Grass. Picture taken in Florida's Gulf Coast.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Hydrilloideae
Genus: Halophila
Thouars
Synonyms[1]
  • Barkania Ehrenb.
  • Lemnopsis Zipp. ex Zoll.

Halophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806.[2] The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has evolved.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference j was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 2