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Zosteraceae
Sign in to saveZosteraceae (one of the four seagrasses families, Kubitzki ed. 1998) is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses complete their entire life cycle under water, having filamentous pollen especially adapted to dispersion in an aquatic environment and ribbon-like leaves that lack stomata. Seagrasses are herbaceous and have prominent creeping rhizomes. A distinctive characteristic of the family is the presence of characteristic retinacules, which are present in all spec
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FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyZosteraceae
General: Notes on delimitation: Zosteraceae is placed Appearance: Key to genera of Neotropical Zosteraceae 1. Rhizome
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Research
628 papers- Seasonal variation of phenolic compounds in Zostera marina (Zosteraceae) from the Baltic Sea.Phytochemistry · 2022
- Chloroplast genomic comparison provides insights into the evolution of seagrasses.BMC plant biology · 2023
- Phylogenetic relationships in the genera Zostera and Heterozostera (Zosteraceae) based on matK sequence data.Journal of plant research · 2003
- Mechanisms of Antiviral Activity of the Polyphenol Complex from Seagrass of the Zosteraceae Family against Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2018
- An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023
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Zosteraceae (one of the four seagrasses families, Kubitzki ed. 1998) is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses complete their entire life cycle under water, having filamentous pollen especially adapted to dispersion in an aquatic environment and ribbon-like leaves that lack stomata. Seagrasses are herbaceous and have prominent creeping rhizomes. A distinctive characteristic of the family is the presence of characteristic retinacules, which are present in all species except members of Zostera subgenus Zostera.
Zosteraceae has long been accepted by taxonomists as monophyletic. The APG II system of 2003 recognizes this family and places it in the monocot order Alismatales. The family contains approximately twenty-two species divided between two genera, Phyllospadix and Zostera totalling 22 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). Zostera contains three subgenera: Heterozostera (formerly considered a separate genus ), Zostera and Zosterella. Zosteraceae is closely related to Potamogetonaceae, a family of freshwater aquatics.