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Encyclopedia > Zosteraceae
Zosteraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Zosteraceae
Genera

Heterozostera
Phyllospadix
Zostera


Zosteraceae is a family of aquatic grass.


Genera are monoecious or dioecious (Phyllospadix) perennial marine monocots. Their leaves are hairless and they lack stomata, they have prominent creeping rhizomes.


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Zosteraceae (67 words)
[ Zingiberaceae ] [ Zosteraceae ] [ Zygophyllaceae ]
Vernacular names of plants within the Family Zosteraceae
For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
Alismatales (5661 words)
Juncaginaceae + Posidoniaceae + Ruppiaceae + Cymodoceaceae + Zosteraceae + Potamogetonaceae: sulphated phenolic acids +, leucanthocyanins, flavones 0; leaf ± linear, base auriculate, ligulate; P 0 or reduced ["abaxial outgrowth" of A], anthers sessile, pollen inaperturate, nectary 0, carpels with complete postgenital fusion [sampling!].
Zosteraceae + Potamogetonaceae: leaf with apical pore, (sheath closed); plant mono- or dioecious.
Zosteraceae are sea grasses with leaf-opposed branches and flattened inflorescence axes (spadices) with flowers on the adaxial surface; the inflorescences are enclosed by a spathe.
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