Zosteraceae
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 Zostera noltii, from Thomé (1885)
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Zosteraceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. It has long been recognized as such by taxonomists.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The family consists of two or three genera totalling about a dozen species, of marine plants ("seagrass"). The plants have ribbonlike leaves and prominent creeping rhizomes.
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- Zosteraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- Zosteraceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
