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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Zostera L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 968 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000041285.

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Synonyms of Zostera

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Alga	Tourn. ex Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 539 (1779)	wfo-4000001175
Heterozostera	(Setch.) Hartog	Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 59(1): 114 (1970)	wfo-4000017798
Nanozostera	Toml. & Posl.	Taxon 50: 432 (2001)	wfo-4000025316

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