Thalassia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Thalassia Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig, Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 96. 1805 [1806]

Lectotype (designated by Rydberg, Fl. N. Amer. 17: 73, 1909): Thalassia testudinum Banks & Sol. ex K.D. Koenig.

Heterotypic
- Schizotheca Ehrenb., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1: 429. (1834)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. coasts
- - Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Florida, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2018. Thalassia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thalassia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 20 2018. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Thalassia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 20.
Tropicos.org 2018. Thalassia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jul. 2018. Reference page.
USDA plants profile for Thalassia [1]