However, outside the UK most authors consider Zostera angustifolia to be a phenotypic variant of Zostera marina. Most Zostera species are perennial. Zostera marina Linnaeus. Check other web resources for Zostera marina L. : Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS) Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists ; PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories ; BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program: Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrass, commonly called marine eelgrass or simply eelgrass. latifolia Morong Jepson eFlora Author: Robert F. Thorne, Robert R. Haynes, C. Barre Hellquist & Gordon Leppig Reference: Coyer et al. ... Zostera marina R.Br. Sequence archive. They have long, bright green, ribbon-like leaves, about 1 cm wide. Protein knowledgebase. The seagrass Zostera marina (commonly called eelgrass) is a perennial marine angiosperm belonging to the class Monocotyledoneae and order Helobiae. 1994. Zostera marina var. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Published in Linnaeus, C. (1753). Synonyms: Zostera marina var. Zostera marina is a flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the submerged wetland soil, and driftin free with ocean current and waves to a coast seashore. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. stenophylla : Source: Zosteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2011) Acquired: 2011 : Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010) Reference for: Zostera marina var. In the UK literature Zostera marina is distinguished from Zostera angustifolia on the basis of morphology. Taxonomy References Proteomes. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant. 2 vols. The genus contains twelve species. Synonyms. 2nd edition. To avoid confusion only data relating to Zostera marina is presented. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. None. 2008 Madroño 55:93--112 Z.marina - 4th of July Beach, Friday Harbor, WA. 2008 Ann Bot 101:73--87; Dean et al. Similar species. Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a marine angiosperm (flowering plant) of great importance in the Northern Hemisphere.It plays important roles in sediment deposition, substrate stabilization, as substrate for epiphytic algae and microinvertebrates, and as nursery grounds for many species of economically important marine vertebrates and macroinvertebrates. UniParc. x; UniProtKB. Eelgrass is commonly found on mud and sand in protected bays and estuaries (Mondragon and Mondragon, 2003). It is distributed worldwide in the intertidal and subtidal zones of shallow seas, where it grows in muddy or sandy substrata, generally in areas with reduced flow and good water transparency. Timber Press, Portland, OR. Zostera marina common eel-grass : Scientific Name: Zostera marina L. English Name: common eel-grass : Classification / Taxonomy: Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Kartesz, J.T. Help. Help pages, FAQs, UniProtKB manual, documents, news archive and Biocuration projects. 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