Species: Ruppia maritima
Ditch-grass
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Najadales
Family
Ruppiaceae
Genus
Ruppia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Beaked Ditch-grass - Widgeongrass - widgeongrass
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Other flowering plants
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Najadales - Ruppiaceae - Ruppia - Kartesz (1994) treated Ruppia occidentalis (and R. maritima var. occidentalis) as a synonym of R. maritima, but in Kartesz's 1999 Synthesis, it is treated as a synonym of R. cirrhosa.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-08-29
Global Status Last Changed
1984-08-29
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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