Halophila Balfourii Solereder (Hydrocharitaceae)—An Overlooked Seagrass Species
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Comparative Microscopic Studies on the Leaf and Seed Surfaces in H. stipulacea and H. balfourii
2.2. Redescription of Halophila Balfourii
- Halophila stipulacea (Forrsk.) Asch. Balfour (1879b): 290; Ascherson (1906): 393 pro parte; Ostenfeld (1918): 11, pro parte; Ostenfeld & Meerestraser (1927): 37 pro parte; den Hartog (1970): 258, pro parte; Simpson (1989): 28, pro parte; Kuo & den Hartog (2001): 51, pro parte.
- TYPE: Rodriguez Islands, Aug.-Dec 1874, Dr IB Balfour, holo: K; iso: C, L, NHM, P, fide Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset, Taxon, 2015, 64, 1035.
3. Material and Methods
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Red Sea | E Africa | Mediterranean Ocean | Indian Ocean | Mauritius Rodriguez | |
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H. stipulacea | 113 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
H. balfourii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
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Kuo, J. Halophila Balfourii Solereder (Hydrocharitaceae)—An Overlooked Seagrass Species. Plants 2020, 9, 1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111614
Kuo J. Halophila Balfourii Solereder (Hydrocharitaceae)—An Overlooked Seagrass Species. Plants. 2020; 9(11):1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111614
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo, John. 2020. "Halophila Balfourii Solereder (Hydrocharitaceae)—An Overlooked Seagrass Species" Plants 9, no. 11: 1614. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111614
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