| Accepted name: |
Zostera marina L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Zostera marina var. stenophylla Aschers. & Graebn.
-Zostera marina var. latifolia Morong
-Zostera pacifica L.
-Zostera marina var. marina L.
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| English names: |
Grass-wrack
Eelgrass
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| French names: |
Zostère marine
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Potamogetonales
Family: Zosteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HZOSMA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.5 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Seeds of plants washed ashore, up till now eaten roasted and ground as porridge by the Seri Indians at the Gulf of California. Potential new foodplant. Dry leaves used as stuffing and packaging material. Furthermore utilized as a fertilizer, for dyking, roofing, road-mending and as a remedy(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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