Ruppia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Ruppiaceae
- Genus
- Ruppia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ruppia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ruppia
Ruppia, also known as the widgeonweeds, ditch grasses or widgeon grass, is the only extant genus in the family Ruppiaceae, with 11 known species. These are aquatic plants widespread over much of the world. The genus name honours Heinrich Bernhard Rupp, a German botanist (1688–1719). They are widespread outside of frigid zones and the tropics.
...Ruppia in languages:
- Chinese
- 流蘇菜屬
- Dutch
- Ruppia
- English
- widgeonweed
- English
- Horse's Mane Weed
- English
- widgeonweeds
- Finnish
- hapsikat
- Japanese
- カワツルモ属
- Polish
- rupia
- Swedish
- natingar
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