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Zostera nigricaulis

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Kangaroo Island eelgrass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Zosteraceae
Genus: Zostera
Species:
Z. nigricaulis
Binomial name
Zostera nigricaulis
Synonyms[2]
  • Heterozostera chilensis J.Kuo
  • Heterozostera nigricaulis J.Kuo
  • Zostera chilensis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & Les

Zostera nigricaulis is a species of eelgrass native to the seacoasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, and across the Pacific in Chile.[2] It was first discovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia in 1988.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Short, F.T.; Waycott, M. (2010). "Zostera nigricaulis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T173355A6998170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T173355A6998170.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Zostera nigricaulis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & Les". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs & Donald H. Les. 2009. Telopea 12(3): 422. Zostera nigricaulis
  4. ^ John Kuo. 2005. Aquatic Botany; International Scientific Journal Dealing with Applied and Fundamental Research on Submerged, Floating and Emergent Plants in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Amsterdam 81(2): 110 (-124; figs.), Heterozostera nigricaulis