Cymodoceaceae
Cymodocea
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 8 June 2026
- Cymodocea rotundata Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Asch. & Schweinf., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1870 (1870) 84; Merrill, EPFP 1 (1923) 24; Hartog, Seagrasses of the World (1970) 166; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) 8; Type: from Red Sea. Distribution: Borneo, Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Malay Peninsula, Middle East, Moluccas, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Riau Arch, Sulawesi. BISUCAY, BORACAY (photos), CATANDUANES, COCORO, INATUNGLAN, MARIQUIT, MINDANAO: Davao Oriental (photos), MINDORO, NEGROS, PALAWAN, PANIQUIAN, SAMAR, SIQUIJOR, TAGAWAYAN. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Halodule
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 25 January 2025
- Halodule pinifolia (Miki) Hartog, Blumea 12 (1964) 309; Sea Grasses of the World (1970) 158; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) f. 7; ≡ Diplanthera pinifolia Miki, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46 (1932) 787; Type: from Japan. Distribution: Borneo, Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Moluccas, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi. BORACAY (photos), CAWILI, HUNDRED ISLS, MARINDUQUE, MINDANAO: Zamboanga del Norte (photos), Zamboanga del Sur, NEGROS, PALAWAN. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
- Halodule uninervis (Forssk.) Asch., Fl. Orient. (Boissier) (1882) 24; Hartog, Sea Grasses of the World (1970) 147; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) 13; ≡ Zostera uninervis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) 157; ≡ Diplanthera uninervis (Forssk.) F.N.Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier, 2nd Sér. 4 (1905) 221; Asch. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2 (1897) 37, nom. inval.; Merrill, EPFP 1 (1923) 24; Type: from Red Sea. Distribution: Borneo, Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Malay Peninsula, Middle East, Moluccas, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Sulawesi. BOHOL, BUSUANGA (photos), CATANDUANES, CEBU, CUENCO ISL, CUYO, HINGOTANAN, HUNDRED ISLS, LUZON: Albay, Batangas, Pangasinan, MACTAN, MARIQUIT, MINDANAO: Davao Oriental (photos), MINDORO, NEGROS, PALAWAN, PANIQUIAN, SAMAL, SIQUIJOR, TAGAWAYAN, TAPAAN. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Oceana
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- Oceana serrulata (R.Br.) Byng & Christenh., Global Fl. 4 (2018) 53; ≡ Cymodocea serrulata (R.Br.) Asch. & Magnus, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1870 (1870) 84; Merrill, EPFP 1 (1923) 24; Hartog, Seagrasses of the World (1970) 171; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) 8; ≡ Caulinia serrulata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810) 339. Distribution: Borneo, Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Malay Peninsula, Middle East, Moluccas, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Sulawesi. BAJA HANURA, BUSUANGA (photos), CATANDUANES, LUZON: Albay, Batangas, Pangasinan, MINDANAO: Davao Oriental (photos), NEGROS, PALAWAN, SIQUIJOR. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Syringodium
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 26 January 2025
- Syringodium isoetifolium (Asch.) Dandy, J. Bot. 77 (1939) 116; Hartog, Sea Grasses of the World (1970) 177; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) 18; ≡ Cymodocea isoetifolia Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1867 (1867) 3. Distribution: Borneo, Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Malay Peninsula, Middle East, Moluccas, New Guinea, Pacific Ocean, Philippines. BAJA HANURA, CATANDUANES, LUZON: Albay, MARIQUIT, MINDANAO: Davao Oriental (photos), NEGROS, PALAWAN, SIQUIJOR, TANDUYONG. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Thalassodendron
- Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Hartog, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., 2nd Sect. 59 (1970) 188; Meñez & Calumpong, Micronesica 18 (1982) 103; Meñez et al., Smithson. Contr. Mar. Sc. no. 21 (1983) 18; ≡ Zostera ciliata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) 157; Type: from Red Sea. Distribution: Indian Ocean, Java, Lesser Sunda Isls, Middle East, Moluccas, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi. DOUBLE IS, PALAWAN, SIASI, TAMLANGON. Notes: Seagrass. Below 0m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
References
- Fortes, MD. 2013. A review: biodiversity, distribution and conservation of Philippine seagrasses. Philippine Journal of Science 142: 95-111
- Hartog, C den & G Wiegleb. 2002. Potamogetonaceae, Zosteraceae, and Cymodoceaceae. Flora Malesiana, Series 1 16: 167-216
- Hartog, C den. 1970. The Sea Grasses of the World, Verhandelingen der Koninklijke NederlandscheAkademie van Wetenschappen 2, 59.
- Petersen, G, O Seberg, FT Short & MD Fortes. 2014. Complete genomic congruence but non-monophyly of Cymodocea (Cymodoceaceae), a small group of seagrasses. Taxon 63: 3-8