| Thalassodendron | |
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| Thalassodendron ciliatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Cymodoceaceae |
| Genus: | Thalassodendron Hartog |
Thalassodendron is a genus of seagrass in the family Cymodoceaceae, described as a genus in 1970. It grows along the shores of the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and around Australasia.
The genus was circumscribed by Cornelis den Hartog in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, vol.59 (1) on page 186 in 1970.
The genus name of Thalassodendron is named after Thalassa, the Greek word for the 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology and dendron the Greek word for Tree.
Species
As accepted by Kew;
- Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Hartog - Islands of the Indian Ocean; shores of Africa, Asia, Australia, Micronesia
- Thalassodendron leptocaule Maria C.Duarte, Bandeira & Romeiras - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
- Thalassodendron pachyrhizum Hartog - Western Australia
References
- 1900 illustration from Symbolae physicae seu Icones Adhuc Inditeae : coroprum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum Plate 6 by Hemprich F.G. & Ehrenberg C.G.
- Hartog, Cornelis den. 1970. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 59(1): 186
- "Tropicos | Name - Thalassodendron Hartog". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Thalassodendron Hartog | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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