Halophila
Halophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806. The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has evolved.
Species
ウミヒルモ属
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyHydrocharitaceae
Habitatmarine
Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago
General: to section Halophila, with very short erect lateral shoots bearing
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Halophila is a genus of seagrasses in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the tape-grasses. It was described as a genus in 1806. The number of its contained species, and its own placement in the order Alismatales, has evolved.
== Description == These oceanic herbs grow underwater and have creeping stoloniferous stems and leafy nodes. Unlike other seagrasses, the leaves of some species of Halophila do not have basal sheaths (i.e. the bases of the leaves do not wrap around the stem to form a sheath).