Family · Monocots

Zosteraceae

Eelgrasses (seagrass)

Marine seagrasses forming submerged meadows in temperate coastal waters, pollinated underwater.

Accepted species

19accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

2accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈19 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Zostera marina
• Phyllospadix

Genera

• Zostera13 spp.
• Phyllospadix6 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Temperate9
• Australasia5
• Northern America5
• Africa3
• Asia-Tropical3
• Europe2
• Southern America2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Zosteraceae sits in the order Alismatales.

• AraceaeAroids — philodendron, monstera, arum4,890
• PotamogetonaceaePondweeds193
• HydrocharitaceaeTape grass, frogbit145
• AlismataceaeWater plantains123
• AponogetonaceaeCape pondweeds60
• JuncaginaceaeArrowgrasses35
• TofieldiaceaeFalse asphodels30
• CymodoceaceaeManatee grass (seagrass)18
• RuppiaceaeDitch grasses12
• PosidoniaceaeNeptune grass9
• ButomaceaeFlowering rush2
• ScheuchzeriaceaeRannoch-rush1
• Maundiaceae1