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Zosteraceae (one of the four seagrasses families, Kubitzki ed. 1998) is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses complete their entire life cycle under water, having filamentous pollen especially adapted to dispersion in an aquatic environment and ribbon-like leaves that lack stomata. Seagrasses are herbaceous and have prominent creeping rhizomes. A distinctive characteristic of the family is the presence of characteristic retinacules, which are present in all spec

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Zosteraceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta and the order Alismatales. Different sources place the family within the class Liliopsida or Magnoliopsida. The taxon is accepted under the authority Dumort. and is also referred to by the common name ålegrasfamilien.

The family inhabits marine and brackish environments. Records from the United States are held by institutions including SJNM, TENN, and BRIT. The taxon has an occurrence count of 351,382 and is associated with 628 PubMed entries.

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Species

ålegrasfamilien

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAlismatales
  5. FamilyZosteraceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded351,382

General: Notes on delimitation: Zosteraceae is placed Appearance: Key to genera of Neotropical Zosteraceae 1. Rhizome

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
With media
2
Family
Zosteraceae
Collections
SJNM, TENN, BRIT
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon name
Zosteraceae
taxon rank
family
Commons category
Zosteraceae
taxonomic type
Zostera
topic's main category
Category:Zosteraceae
taxon common name
zosterovke
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