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| Close-up photo of a leaf blade of aPhyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Zosteraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllospadix Hooker (1840) |
Phyllospadix, commonly known assurfgrass,[1] is a genus ofseagrass, aflowering plant in the familyZosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840.[2][3][4][5]Phyllospadix grows inmarine waters along the coasts of the temperateNorth Pacific.[5]
It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submergedpollination.[6]
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