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Internal ID UUID644026824a69a711728638
Scientific name Halophila minor
Authority (Zoll.) Hartog
First published in Fl. Males. 6: 410 (1957)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Thalassia vaginata Decne. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 120 (1841)
Halophila ovalis var. ovata (Gaudich.) Balf.f. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: 335. 1879
Lemnopsis minor Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 1: 75 (1854)
Halophila ovalis var. minor (Zoll.) Asch. Linnaea 35: 173. 1868
Halophila ovata Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : t. 40, f. 1 (1827)
Halophila lemnopsis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 230 (1856)
Thalassia ciliata Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 2: 18 (1834)
Halophila gaudichaudii J.Kuo Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 57: 145 (2006)

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Language Common/alternative name
English seagrass
English species code: hm
Chinese 小喜盐草

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra
      • Comoros
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
    • Indo-China
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Samoa
      • Tonga

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000769337
USDA Plants HAMI5
Tropicos 16100234
INPN 627267
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431760-1
The Plant List kew-308084
Open Tree Of Life 774890
NCBI Taxonomy 180126
IUCN Red List 173376
IPNI 431760-1
iNaturalist 427781
GBIF 5329606
EOL 1088915
Tropicos 100200572
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77076931-1
The Plant List kew-347042
Open Tree Of Life 7046029
IPNI 77076931-1
iNaturalist 850541
GBIF 5329599
EOL 1088917

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Latitudinal variation in seagrass communities with special emphasis on post-tsunami status in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, India Gole S, Prabakaran N, Prajapati S, Dudhat S, Das H, Kuppusamy S, Johnson JA PLoS One 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10954190
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300654
PMID:38507459
Marine Floral Biodiversity, Threats, and Conservation in Vietnam: An Updated Review Nguyen ML, Kim MS, Nguyen NT, Nguyen XT, Cao VL, Nguyen XV, Vieira C Plants (Basel) 30-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10181403
doi:10.3390/plants12091862
PMID:37176920
Taxonomy of the Genus Halophila Thouars (Hydocharitaceae): A Review Kuo J Plants (Basel) 08-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7763217
doi:10.3390/plants9121732
PMID:33302504
Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation Potouroglou M, Bull JC, Krauss KW, Kennedy HA, Fusi M, Daffonchio D, Mangora MM, Githaiga MN, Diele K, Huxham M Sci Rep 20-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5605501
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12354-y
PMID:28928433
Carbon storage in the seagrass meadows of Gazi Bay, Kenya Githaiga MN, Kairo JG, Gilpin L, Huxham M PLoS One 10-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5425023
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177001
PMID:28489880
Seagrass metabolism and carbon dynamics in a tropical coastal embayment Ganguly D, Singh G, Ramachandran P, Selvam AP, Banerjee K, Ramachandran R Ambio 31-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5595744
doi:10.1007/s13280-017-0916-8
PMID:28364264
Seagrass Herbivory Levels Sustain Site-Fidelity in a Remnant Dugong Population D’Souza E, Patankar V, Arthur R, Marbà N, Alcoverro T PLoS One 22-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4619644
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141224
PMID:26492558
Genetic species identification and population structure of Halophila (Hydrocharitaceae) from the Western Pacific to the Eastern Indian Ocean Nguyen VX, Detcharoen M, Tuntiprapas P, Soe-Htun U, Sidik JB, Harah MZ, Prathep A, Papenbrock J BMC Evol Biol 30-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC4026155
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-92
PMID:24886000
Spatial Structure of Seagrass Suggests That Size-Dependent Plant Traits Have a Strong Influence on the Distribution and Maintenance of Tropical Multispecies Meadows Ooi JL, Van Niel KP, Kendrick GA, Holmes KW PLoS One 31-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC3909009
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086782
PMID:24497978
Long-Term Occupancy Trends in a Data-Poor Dugong Population in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago D’Souza E, Patankar V, Arthur R, Alcoverro T, Kelkar N PLoS One 15-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC3797053
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076181
PMID:24143180
The Effects of Water Parameters on Monthly Seagrass Percentage Cover in Lawas, East Malaysia Ahmad-Kamil EI, Ramli R, Jaaman SA, Bali J, Al-Obaidi JR ScientificWorldJournal 17-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3791669
doi:10.1155/2013/892746
PMID:24163635

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