| Kangaroo Island eelgrass | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Zosteraceae |
| Genus: | Zostera |
| Species: | Z. nigricaulis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zostera nigricaulis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & Les | |
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Zostera nigricaulis is a species of eelgrass native to the seacoasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, and across the Pacific in Chile. It was first discovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia in 1988.
References
- Short, F.T.; Waycott, M. (2010). "Zostera nigricaulis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T173355A6998170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T173355A6998170.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Zostera nigricaulis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & Les". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs & Donald H. Les. 2009. Telopea 12(3): 422. Zostera nigricaulis
- John Kuo. 2005. Aquatic Botany; International Scientific Journal Dealing with Applied and Fundamental Research on Submerged, Floating and Emergent Plants in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Amsterdam 81(2): 110 (-124; figs.), Heterozostera nigricaulis