Halophila decipiens
Botanisk Tidsskrift 24:260, fig. s.n. [p. 261]. 1902.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Rhizomes with 2 scales at each node. Erect stems absent. Leaves apparently attached to rhizome, 10–25 × 3–6 mm; blade oblongelliptic, base cuneate, margins serrulate, apex obtuse to rounded, pubescent. Inflorescences: spathe enclosing both staminate and pistillate flowers. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on same plants; staminate flowers deciduous shortly after anthesis; pistillate flowers nearly sessile, 2 mm. Fruits ovoid. Seeds ca. 0.2 mm.
Phenology: Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat: Sandy substrates of marine waters
Elevation: -30–0 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies, Central America (Panama), Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Venezuela), South America (Colombia), Asia, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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linear;fusiform +
pubescent +
erect +
cuneate +
uniform +
abaxial +
oblongelliptic +
opposite +
2-fid +
leaf-bearing +
arising +
moniliform +
distinct +
deciduous +
unisexual +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
not echinate +
berrylike +
dehiscing +
ovoid +
axillary +
attached +
emergent +
basal +
serrulate +
2-6[-16]-carpellate +
parietal +
inferior +
absent +
0;1 +
free +
epigynous +
differentiated +
absent +
submersed +
spheric +
Botanisk Tidsskrift +
1902 +
absent +
opposite +
bisexual +
echinate +
glabrous +
papillose +
echinate;reticulate +
many +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
tubular +
not winged +
(0-)2-many +
creeping +
erect +
absent +
evident +
elongate +
absent +
submersed +
absent +
3;5 +
not 2-fid +
Halophila decipiens +
Halophila +
species +
submersed +
absent +
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