Halodule
{{Short description|Genus of aquatic plants}}
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- Diplanthera Thouars 1806 not Gleditsch 1764 (Acanthaceae) nor Banks & Sol. ex R. Br. 1810 (syn of Deplanchea in Bignoniaceae) nor Schrank 1819 (Acanthaceae) nor Raf. 1833 (syn of Platanthera in Orchidaceae)
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Halodule is a genus of plants in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1841.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/565903#page/1434/mode/1up Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita Supplementum 1(2)1368–1369] in Latin{{Cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020400|title=Tropicos {{!}} Name - !Halodule Endl.|website=www.tropicos.org|access-date=2017-02-03}} It is widespread on tropical and semi-tropical ocean shores of all continents except Europe and Antarctica.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=308055|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-03}}Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=114513|title=Halodule in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2017-02-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=114513|title=Halodule in Flora of China @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2017-02-03}}
Species
Hybridization has been reported in the Pacific between H. pinifolia and H. uninervis.Ito, Y. and Nr. Tanaka (2011) [http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Scientific_publications/telopea/contents_by_volume/volume_13 Hybridisation in a tropical seagrass genus, Halodule (Cymodoceaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130825034821/http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Scientific_publications/telopea/contents_by_volume/volume_13 |date=2013-08-25 }}. Telopea 13: 219-231
There are six recognised species:
- Halodule bermudensis - Bermuda
- Halodule ciliata - Panama
- Halodule emarginata - SE Brazil
- Halodule pinifolia - India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Hainan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Queensland, Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Caroline Islands
- Halodule uninervis - shores of Indian + Pacific Oceans, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, Papuasia, Queensland, Micronesia
- Halodule wrightii - Atlantic Ocean shores including Caribbean + Gulf of Mexico: Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Angola), West Indies, South America (Venezuela, Brazil), Mexico, Central America, United States (TX LA MS AL FL NC MD)
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7925,7926 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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