Ruppia maritima
Ruppia maritima | |
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Ruppia maritima | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Ruppiaceae |
Genus: | Ruppia |
Species: | R. maritima
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Binomial name | |
Ruppia maritima | |
Synonyms | |
Ruppia brachypus J.Gay |
Ruppia maritima is an
Distribution
It can be found throughout the world, most often in coastal areas, where it grows in brackish water bodies, such as marshes. It is a dominant plant in a great many shoreline regions. It does not grow well in turbid water or low-oxygen substrates.[4]
Description
Ruppia maritima is a thread-thin, grasslike annual or perennial[3] herb which grows from a rhizome anchored shallowly in the wet substrate. It produces a long, narrow, straight or loosely coiled inflorescence tipped with two tiny flowers. The plant often self-pollinates, but the flowers also release pollen that reaches other plants as it floats away on bubbles.[5]
The fruits are drupelets. They are dispersed in the water and inside the digestive system of fish and waterbirds that eat them.[5] The plant also reproduces vegetatively by sprouting from its rhizome to form colonies.[5]
Taxonomy and nomenclature
On the basis of molecular phylogenetic analyses, a species complex, named R. maritima complex, had been discerned,[6] which was then extended to include eight lineages,[7] or nine lineages.[8]
A lectotype for R. cirrhosa is designated and the name is shown to be a homotypic synonym of R. maritima.[9]
Wetlands and wildlife
This plant and the epiphytic algae attached to the floating leaves can be an important part of the diet for selected herbivorous
See also
References
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- ^ a b Kantrud, H. A. (1991). Classification and Distribution - Wigeongrass (Ruppia maritima L.): A literature review. Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- ^ Kantrud, H. A. (1991). Habitat - Wigeongrass (Ruppia maritima L.): A literature review. Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- ^ a b c Kantrud, H. A. (1991). Development and Reproduction - Wigeongrass (Ruppia maritima L.): A literature review. Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- ^ Ito Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata & Nr. Tanaka (2010) Hybridization and polyploidy of an aquatic plant, Ruppia (Ruppiaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies American Journal of Botany 97: 1156-1167
- ^ Ito Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata & Nr. Tanaka (2013) Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of the Ruppia maritima complex focusing on taxa from the Mediterranean Journal of Plant Research 126: 753-762
- ^ Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nr. Tanaka, J. Murata, A.M. Muasya (2015) Phylogeny of Ruppia (Ruppiaceae) revisited: Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species from Western Cape, South Africa Systematic Botany 40: : 942-949
- ^ Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, C. Nepi, A. Santangelo, A. Stinca, N. Tanaka, & J. Murata (2017) Towards a better understanding of the Ruppia maritima complex (Ruppiaceae): Notes on the correct application and typification of the names R. cirrhosa and R. spiralis Taxon 66: 167-171
- ^ Kantrud, H. A. (1991). Introduction - Wigeongrass (Ruppia maritima L.): A literature review. Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.