Thalassodendron

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cymodoceaceae
Genus: Thalassodendron
Species: T. ciliatum – T. leptocaule – T. pachyrhizum
Name

Thalassodendron Hartog, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 59(1): 186 (1970)
Type species: Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Hartog, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 59(1): 188 (1970)

References

Hartog, C. den 1970. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 59(1): 186.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Thalassodendron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Thalassodendron. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 22 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Thalassodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

Thalassodendron is a genus of seagrass in the family Cymodoceaceae, described as a genus in 1970.[2][3] It grows along the shores of the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and around Australasia.[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Cornelis den Hartog in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, vol.59 (1) on page 186 in 1970.[4]

The genus name of Thalassodendron is named after Thalassa, the Greek word for the 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology and dendron the Greek word for Tree.[5]
Species

As accepted by Kew;[4]

Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Hartog - Islands of the Indian Ocean; shores of Africa, Asia, Australia, Micronesia
Thalassodendron leptocaule Maria C.Duarte, Bandeira & Romeiras - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
Thalassodendron pachyrhizum Hartog - Western Australia

References

1900 illustration from Symbolae physicae seu Icones Adhuc Inditeae : coroprum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum Plate 6 by Hemprich F.G. & Ehrenberg C.G.
Hartog, Cornelis den. 1970. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 59(1): 186
"Tropicos | Name - Thalassodendron Hartog". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
"Thalassodendron Hartog | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.