Ruppia
Ruppia maritima
Summary 3
Ruppia maritima is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names beaked tasselweed, widgeon grass, ditch-grass and tassel pondweed. Despite its scientific name, it is not a marine plant; is perhaps best described as a salt-tolerant freshwater species. The generic name Ruppia was dedicated by Linnaeus to the German botanist Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius (1689-1719) and the specific name (maritima) translates to "of the sea".
General description 4
Ruppia maritima L., 1753
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Y. Ito ; Location: country: Thailand ; locality: Khao San Yot Natl Park. ; verbatimLatitude: 12° 9' 15" N; verbatimLongitude: 99° 58' 44" E; Event: eventDate: Nov. 13, 2012 ; Record Level: collectionID: Y. Ito 1706; institutionCode: BKF
Distribution
Bangladesh, China (North-Eastern, Central, Southern), India (Southern),?Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Worldwide.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
- (c) Eric Keith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Keith
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruppia_maritima
- Adapted by Ricky Taylor from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31440902
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora Digital de Portugal
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
Range Map
iNat Map
| Zone | (3)_supratidal |
|---|---|
| Growth form | (7)_submerged_plant |
| Habitat | (1)_submerged, (3)_salt_marsh |
