Biology:Zostera capricorni

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Zosteraceae

Zostera capricorni
Zostera capricorni Lord Howe Island.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Zosteraceae
Genus: Zostera
Species:
Z. capricorni
Binomial name
Zostera capricorni
Asch.
Synonyms[1]
  • Nanozostera capricorni (Asch.) Toml. & Posl.
  • Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni (Asch.) S.W.L.Jacobs

Zostera capricorni is a species of eelgrass in the Zosteraceae family.[2] It is native to the seacoasts of New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Norfolk Island and the North Island of New Zealand. It was first discovered at Moreton Bay in Queensland in 1875.[3][4]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. "Zostera capricorni Asch.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873080-1. 
  3. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson. 1876. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin : 11. Zostera capricorni
  4. Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. 2006. Telopea 11(2): 128. Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni

Wikidata ☰ Q15557019 entry