Syringodium

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Syringodium
Species: S. filiforme – S. isoetifolium
Name

Syringodium Kutz. in R.F.Hohenacker, Alg. Mar. Exsicc. 9: 426 (1860).

Type species: Syringodium filiforme Kütz.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Phycoschoenus (Asch.) Nakai, Ordines: 211 (1943).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Syringodium

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. coasts

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Kützing, F.T., 1860. Algae Marinae Siccatae (Hohenacker) 9.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Syringodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Syringodium. Published online. Accessed: Jan 13 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Syringodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Syringodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syringodium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Syringodium is a genus in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1860.[3][4] It is found along shorelines of tropical and subtropical marine environments (Indian and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico).[2]
Species

There are two recognised species[2]

Syringodium filiforme Kütz. - shores of Gulf of Mexico (TX LA MS FL, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula), and Caribbean (Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Greater + Lesser Antilles, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia)
Syringodium isoetifolium - Indian + western Pacific shores including Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea: Africa (Egypt to Mozambique, Madagascar, Socotra, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Maldives, Andaman & Nicobar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southern China, Papuasia, northern Australia, Papuasia, Micronesia

References

In: Algae Marinae Exsiccatae 9: no. 426. 1860. "Name - Syringodium Kütz". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 16, 2010. "Type Specimens: Syringodium filiforme"
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
Kützing, Friedrich Traugott. 1860. Algae Marinae Exsiccatae 9: 426
"Tropicos | Name - !Syringodium Kütz". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.