Zostera capricorni

Zostera capricorni is a species of eelgrass in the Zosteraceae family.[2] It is native to the seacoasts of New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Norfolk Island and the North Island of New Zealand. It was first discovered at Moreton Bay in Queensland in 1875.[3][4]

Queensland eelgrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Zosteraceae
Genus: Zostera
Species:
Z. capricorni
Binomial name
Zostera capricorni
Synonyms[1]
  • Nanozostera capricorni (Asch.) Toml. & Posl.
  • Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni (Asch.) S.W.L.Jacobs

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. "Zostera capricorni Asch". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson. 1876. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin : 11. Zostera capricorni
  4. Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. 2006. Telopea 11(2): 128. Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni
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