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Zosteraceae (eel grass family)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Alismatales

Marine perennial plants that form large beds along coastal areas, mainly in temperate regions and typically occurring in estuaries . There are two genera and 14 species, of which one species, Zostera capensis, occurs in southern Africa.

 

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