Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
633.13.00
633.13.00 Zosteraceae
English: sea grasses.
Taxonomy
The 5 families Zosteraceae, Cymodoceaceae, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae and Ruppiaceae form one monophyletic clade in the Apg3 classification. The are sea grasses.
In the Plant theory they are treated as one family Zosteraceae. It is placed in Subphase 3. They have 16 genera.
Families
Cymodoceaceae: Manatee-grass family; Sea grasses; Amphibolis, Cymodocea, Halodule, Syringodium, Thalassodendron
Posidoniaceae: Sea grass family: Posidonia.
Potamogetonaceae: Pondweed family; Althenia, Groenlandia, Lepilaena, Potamogeton, Stuckenia, Zannichellia.
Ruppiaceae: Ruppia.
Zosteraceae: Sea grass family; Phyllospadix, Zostera, including Heterozostera, Zostera, Zosterella.
Introduction
They feel like an outsider and are too awkward and impulsive to make lasting contacts with others.