Stratiotes acoroides Linnaeus f. 1782
Current name:
Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle
Female plant. Palau Islands, West PacificPalau International Coral Reef Center
Publication Details
Stratiotes acoroides Linnaeus f. 1782: 268
Published in: Linnaeus filius, C. (1782 "1781"). Supplementum plantarum: Systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, Generum plantarum editionis sextae, et Specierum plantarum editionis secundae. pp. [i]-xvi, [1]- 467 [+468 = Emendanda]. Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]: impensis Orphanotrophei.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle.
Type Information
Type locality: “Habitat inter Insulas Zeylonicas, König" [Johann Gerhard Koenig].; (Linnaeus f. 1782: 268) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Boisset & Ferrer-Gallego 2016: 603): [illustration in] Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 6: 179, t. 75, fig. 2. 1750. — For an image of the lectotype, see Fig. 1.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 November 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 November 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024