Surfgrass

(Phyllospadix)

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Description

Phyllospadix, surfgrass, is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840. Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific. It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Alismatales
Family:Zosteraceae
Genus:Phyllospadix
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