Plant Details

No trade or plant part information for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

• Alga marina (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 539 (1779).
• Zostera latifolia Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(2): 63 (1893).
• Zostera marina var. atam T.W.H.Backman Canad. J. Bot. 69: 1368 (1991).
• Zostera marina var. izembekensis T.W.H.Backman Canad. J. Bot. 69: 1368 (1991).
• Zostera marina var. latifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 37 (1821 publ. 1822).
• Zostera marina var. latifolia Morong Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 160 (1886), nom. illeg.
• Zostera marina f. latifolia (Morong) Setch. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 3 (1927).
• Zostera marina var. major Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 8 (1827).
• Zostera marina var. phillipsii T.W.H.Backman Canad. J. Bot. 69: 1368 (1991).
• Zostera marina var. stenophylla (Raf.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 297 (1897).
• Zostera marina f. sulcatifolia Setch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 19: 813 (1933).
• Zostera marina f. typica Setch. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 3 (1927), not validly publ.
• Zostera maritima Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 76 (1788).
• Zostera oregana S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 131 (1891).
• Zostera pacifica S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 131 (1891).
• Zostera stenophylla Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 175 (1818).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank) — Europe PubMed Central Google Images Google Scholar Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank) — Europe PubMed Central Google Images