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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

105.0000 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. 12: 14 (1846)
= Posidonioideae K.Schum.; Lehrb. Syst. Bot.: 246 (1894)
105.0001 Genus Posidonia K.Koenig; Kon. & Sims, Ann. Bot. 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.; Defin. Gen. Pl.: 503 (1760)
= Caulinia DC.; Lam. & A. DC., Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 156 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Kernera Willd.; Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 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.; 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. 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; Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt); East Aegaean Isl. (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. 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.; Tozz. Cat. Veg. Mar. 80, t. 81 (1826)
= Zostera oceanica L.; Mantissa 123 (1767)
species :
Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog; Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Amst., Afd. Natuurk., Ser. 2, 59: No. 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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