Stratiotes acoroides Linnaeus f. 1782

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Subphylum Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum Spermatophytae
Superclass Angiospermae
Class Monocots
Subclass Alismatidae
Order Alismatales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Genus Stratiotes

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Sanur, Bali. M. van Keulen. © M. van Keulen.

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Indonesia. 14 Nov 2015. Fernando Boisset. © Fernando Boisset" .

Reef flat at Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. 10 Nov 2015. Fernando Boisset. © Fernando Boisset (Fernando.Boisset@uv.es).

Reef flat at Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. 10 Nov 2015. Fernando Boisset. © Fernando Boisset (Fernando.Boisset@uv.es).

Rhizome. Palau Islands, West Pacific. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center.

Two female flowers. Palau Islands, West Pacific, 1 m deep. Steven Victor. © Palau International Coral Reef Center.

Palau Islands, West Pacific, 0.5 m deep. Steven Victor. © Palau International Coral Reef Center.

Female plant. Palau Islands, West Pacific. Steven Victor. © Palau International Coral Reef Center.

Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se).

Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle Reef flat at Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
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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.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Stratiotes is .

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.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Forbes Royle, J. [John Forbes] (1839). Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the flora of Cashmere. Vol. I. pp. [i]-lxxviii, [1]-472. London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., Leadenhall Street.

Key references
Boisset, F. & Ferrer-Galego, P.P. (2016). Typification of the Indo-Pacific seagrass Enhalus acoroides (Hydrocharitaceae). Taxon 65(3): 602-604, 2 figs.

Created: 06 November 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 November 2018 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 March 2021.