Halophila engelmannii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Halophila
- Species
- Halophila engelmannii
- Scientific Name
- Halophila engelmannii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Halophila engelmannii
Halophila engelmannii is a species of seagrass in the Hydrocharitaceae family. It is referred to by the common names star grass and Engelmann's seagrass and grows underwater on shallow sandy or muddy sea floors. It is native to the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Gulf Coast of the United States, the Gulf Coast of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
...Halophila engelmannii in languages:
- English
- Engelmann's Seagrass
- English
- stargrass
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Halophila australis
- Halophila baillonis
- Halophila beccarii
- Halophila capricorni
- Halophila decipiens
- Halophila engelmannii
- Halophila gaudichaudii
- Halophila hawaiiana
- Halophila major
- Halophila mikii
- Halophila minor
- Halophila nipponica
- Halophila okinawensis
- Halophila ovalis
- Halophila spinulosa
- Halophila stipulacea
- Halophila sulawesii
- Halophila tricostata