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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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Species
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Ruppia maritima L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 127. 1753.
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Description
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Rhizome 0.2-0.4 mm wide, the internodes to 1.5 cm long. Stems to 1 m long, 0.3-0.6 mm in diameter, erect. Leaves to 1 dm long; sheaths 7-14.5 mm long and to 1.1 mm wide; blades 0.2-1.0 mm wide, 1-nerved, the apex acute with several minute teeth. Winter buds absent. Inflorescence a 2-flowered spike. Flowers with anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long and 0.5-0.6 mm wide; carpels 4-5, ca. 0.5 mm long and ca. 0.1 mm wide. Fruits 1.2-1.9 mm long and 0.7-1.2 mm wide, beak 0.6-0.8 mm long, stipe 2-6.5 mm long and ca. 0.2-0.4 mm wide.
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Distribution
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In brackish and saline waters throughout the world.
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Specimen
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HERRERA: Cienaga El Mangle, NE of Paris, McDaniel 8019 (DUKE). PANAMA: near beach at Nueva Gorgona, Duke 4525 (MO).
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