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Family: Cymodoceaceae Life
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plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
Submerged, perennial marine plants. There are five genera
and 16 species (tropical seas), with two genera and two species in off the coast
of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Mozambique.
Genera found in seas off southern Africa
List from Glen (2000).
Halodule
Seven species (widespread in tropical seas), with one
species, Halodule uninervis, found off the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal
and further north off Mozambique. |
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Thalassodendron
Two species (coasts of E Africa, E Malaysia and W
Australia), with Thalassodendron ciliatum occurring in the western
Indian Ocean, including off the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
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