Thalassia

Banks ex K.D.Koenig
Description: 
Submerged, dioecious marine perennial herbs; roots unbranched; horizontal scale-bearing rhizomatous axes (long shoots) buried in substrate giving rise, at regular intervals, to erect, contracted, leaf-bearing axes (short shoots). Leaves distichous, 2
Distribution: 
Species 2, coasts of Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Ocean; sthn trop. Afr. 1: Thalassia hemprichii (Solms) Aschers., Mozambique.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
HYDROCHARITACEAE

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