Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Alismatales > Family Posidoniaceae > Genus Posidonia

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Posidonia*	K. D. Koenig	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Zostera oceanica*	L.	basionym
*Zostera oceanica*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Posidonia caulini*	Orrù & M. P. Grasso	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: alga de vidrier; alga de vidriers; altina; posidònia sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Corsican: arba marina

Dutch: neptunusgras sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: Neptune grass sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: posidonie de Méditerranée

Galician: algaza; argaza; xebre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

German: Neptungras

Majorcan: alga marina; altina sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: algaza sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: aceitunillas de mar; alga; alga de vidriero; alga de vidrieros; altina; broza; lijo; ova marina; pelotas de los gallos

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Algaebase
nomenclatural reference	Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2. 1813.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (3219 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Uotila, P. (2009): Posidoniaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=18BD7806-DCB1-4568-9407-A025B447B31E

WoRMS (2014). Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145794

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2009-09-10 by Uotila, P. (2009): Posidoniaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. & by Michael D. Guiry

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