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108.0000 Family Posidoniaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 553 (1895), nom. cons.
1 genus, 9 spp.
Species listed in database: 9
= Posidonieae Kunth ex Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 12: 14 (1846)
= Posidonioideae K.Schum.; Lehrb. Syst. Bot. 246 (1894)
108.0001 Genus Posidonia K.Koenig; Ann. Bot. [König & Sims] 2: 95, t. 6 (1805)
Distribution: southem Australia and Tasmania (8), coastal Mediterranean (1)
Species listed in database: 9
= Aegle Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 43 (1867)
= Alga Boehm.; Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 503 (1760)
= Caulinia DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 3: 156 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Kernera Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 947 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Taenidium Targ.Tozz.; Cat. Veg. Mar. 80 (1826)
species :
Posidonia angustifolia Cambridge & J.Kuo; Aquatic Bot. 6(4): 312 (1979)
Distribution: Australia (coastal S-South Australia, NE-Tasmania)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia australis Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. III (Fl. Tasman.) 2: 43 (1858)
Distribution: Australia (coastal S- & W-Western Australia, S-South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Alga australis (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891)
= Caulinia australiana F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 6: 198 (1868)
= Caulinia oceanica R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 339 (1810), nom. illeg.
species :
Posidonia coriacea Cambridge & J.Kuo; Aquatic Bot. 20(3-4): 285 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (coastal Western Australia, South Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia denhartogii J.Kuo & Cambridge; Aquatic Bot. 20(3-4): 277 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (coastal SW- & S-Western Australia, S-South Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia kirkmanii J.Kuo & Cambridge; Aquatic Bot. 20(3-4): 290 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (coastal S-Western Australia, S-South Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 78 (1813)
Name: Mittelmeer-Neptunsgras (DE); Neptune Grass (EN)
Distribution: Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro; Albania; European Turkey; Greece (widespread coastal); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt); East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos); Turkey (SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); USA [I] (Texas [I])
12 BAL COR FRA SAR SPA 13 ALB CRO GRC ITA KRI MNT PEL PTL SIC SLV TUE 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 34 CYP EAI TUR 77 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Aegle fragilis Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 43 (1867)
= Alga oceanica (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 744 (1891)
= Caulinia oceanica (L.) DC.; Bot. Gall. 3: 156 (1806)
= Kernera oceanica (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 947 (1806)
= Posidonia caulini K.D.Koenig; Ann. Bot. [König & Sims] 2: 96 (1805)
= Taenidium acuminatum Targ.Tozz.; Cat. Veg. Mar. 80 (1826)
= Taenidium oceanicum (L.) Targ.Tozz.; Cat. Veg. Mar. 80, t. 81 (1826)
= Zostera oceanica L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 123 (1767)
species :
Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 59(1) (Sea-Grasses of the World): 139 (1970)
Distribution: Australia (coastal S-Western Australia: between Cape Leeuwin and Israelite Bay)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia robertsoniae J.Kuo & Cambridge; Aquatic Bot. 20(3-4): 281 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Warnbro Sound near Perth and Israelite Bay)
50 AUS
species :
Posidonia sinuosa Cambridge & J.Kuo; Aquatic Bot. 6(4): 309 (1979)
Distribution: Australia (coastal S-Western Australia, S-South Australia)
50 AUS
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