Family · Monocots
Cymodoceaceae
Manatee grass (seagrass)
Tropical and subtropical marine seagrasses forming meadows grazed by dugongs and manatees.
- Accepted species
- 18accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 6accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈44 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Cymodocea
- Syringodium
- Halodule
Genera
Halodule7 spp.
Cymodocea3 spp.
Thalassodendron3 spp.
Amphibolis2 spp.
Syringodium2 spp.
Oceana1 spp.
Where it grows
- Australasia10
- Africa8
- Asia-Temperate8
- Asia-Tropical6
- Pacific6
- Southern America4
- Northern America2
- Europe1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Cymodoceaceae sits in the order Alismatales.