Phyllospadix
Genus of aquatic plants
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Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass,[1] is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840.[2][3][4][5] Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.[5]
| Surfgrass | |
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| Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix 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) |
It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.[6]
Species
- Accepted species[7]
- Phyllospadix iwatensis – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East
- Phyllospadix japonicus – China, Korea, Japan
- Phyllospadix juzepczukii – Russian Far East
- Phyllospadix scouleri (type species) – Alaska to Baja California
- Phyllospadix serrulatus – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington
- Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico
