Halodule

Halodule
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Halodule
Endl.
Synonyms[1]

Halodule is a genus of plants in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1841.[2][3] It is widespread on tropical and semi-tropical ocean shores of all continents except Europe and Antarctica.[1][4][5][6][7]

Species

Hybridization has been reported in the Pacific between H. pinifolia and H. uninervis.[8]

There are six recognised species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita Supplementum 1(2)1368–1369 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Halodule Endl.
  4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
  5. Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
  6. Flora of North America Vol. 22 Halodule Endlicher, Gen. Pl., Suppl. 1(2): 1368. 1841.
  7. Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 119 二药藻属 er yao zao shu Halodule Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1368. 1841.
  8. Ito, Y. and Nr. Tanaka (2011) Hybridisation in a tropical seagrass genus, Halodule (Cymodoceaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies. Telopea 13: 219-231


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