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Internal ID UUID6440268256b6d698955699
Scientific name Halophila ovalis
Authority (R.Br.) Hook.f.
First published in Fl. Tasman. 2: 45 (1858)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Kernera ovalis (R.Br.) Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(1): 170. 1829
Caulinia ovalis R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 339 (1810)

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Language Common/alternative name
English species code: ho
English seagrass
English paddleweed
Arabic محب ملح بيضوي
Persian علف فیل دریایی
Japanese ウミヒルモ
Thai หญ้าใบมะกรูด
Vietnamese cỏ xoan
Chinese 卵葉鹽藻
Chinese 喜盐草
Chinese 卵叶喜盐草

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Halophila ovalis subsp. bullosa (Setch.) Hartog Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 59(1): 251 (1970)
Halophila ovalis subsp. linearis (Hartog) Hartog Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 59(1): 251 (1970)
Halophila ovalis subsp. ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f. - = Verhandelingen, Afdeling Natuurkunde ser. 2, 59] (1970) 251.
Halophila ovalis subsp. ramamurthiana K.Ravik. & R.Ganesan Aquatic Bot. 36: 351 (1990)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Kuwait
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Samoa
      • Tonga

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000769338
USDA Plants HAOV
Tropicos 16100017
INPN 446212
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431761-1
The Plant List kew-308085
Open Tree Of Life 861013
NCBI Taxonomy 62339
IUCN Red List 169015
IPNI 431761-1
iNaturalist 50371
GBIF 5329622
Freebase /m/0404fvk
EOL 1088916
Wikipedia Halophila_ovalis

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Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot Floyd M, East HK, Traganos D, Musthag A, Guest J, Hashim AS, Evans V, Helber S, Unsworth RK, Suggitt AJ Sci Rep 13-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11091126
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-61088-1
PMID:38740840
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
Structures and Biological Activities of Secondary Metabolites from Xylaria spp. Chen W, Yu M, Chen S, Gong T, Xie L, Liu J, Bian C, Huang G, Zheng C J Fungi (Basel) 29-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10971283
doi:10.3390/jof10030190
PMID:38535199
Microbiomes of Thalassia testudinum throughout the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico are influenced by site and region while maintaining a core microbiome Ugarelli K, Campbell JE, Rhoades OK, Munson CJ, Altieri AH, Douglass JG, Heck KL Jr, Paul VJ, Barry SC, Christ L, Fourqurean JW, Frazer TK, Linhardt ST, Martin CW, McDonald AM, Main VA, Manuel SA, Marco-Méndez C, Reynolds LK, Rodriguez A, Rodriguez Bravo LM, Sawall Y, Smith K, Wied WL, Choi CJ, Stingl U Front Microbiol 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10920284
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1357797
PMID:38463486
Development of the Antioxidant Property of Seagrass Extract-Based Hydrogel for Dental Application Sarvesh N, Afeeza K, Suresh V, Dilipan E Cureus 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10956633
doi:10.7759/cureus.54544
PMID:38516444
Why Are There So Few Basidiomycota and Basal Fungi as Endophytes? A Review Rungjindamai N, Jones EB J Fungi (Basel) 15-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10820240
doi:10.3390/jof10010067
PMID:38248976
C and N stable isotopes enlighten the trophic behaviour of the dugong (Dugong dugon) Thibault M, Letourneur Y, Cleguer C, Bonneville C, Briand MJ, Derville S, Bustamante P, Garrigue C Sci Rep 09-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10776846
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50578-3
PMID:38195771
Seasonal Variation in Cell Wall Composition and Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica Growing at Different Depths Ismael M, Charras Q, Leschevin M, Herfurth D, Roulard R, Quéro A, Rusterucci C, Domon JM, Jungas C, Vermerris W, Rayon C Plants (Basel) 01-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10490095
doi:10.3390/plants12173155
PMID:37687400
Steroid Components of Marine-Derived Fungal Strain Penicillium levitum N33.2 and Their Biological Activities Hoang CK, Le CH, Nguyen DT, Tran HT, Luu CV, Le HM, Tran HT Mycobiology 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10498798
doi:10.1080/12298093.2023.2248717
PMID:37711987
Sedimentary seagrass carbon stock and sources of organic carbon across contrasting seagrass meadows in Indonesia Rahayu YP, Kusumaningtyas MA, Daulat A, Rustam A, Suryono DD, Salim HL, Ati RN, Sudirman N, Kepel TL, Hutahaean AA, Adi NS Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 19-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10495492
doi:10.1007/s11356-023-29257-3
PMID:37597152
Marine Flora of French Polynesia: An Updated List Using DNA Barcoding and Traditional Approaches Vieira C, Kim MS, N’Yeurt AD, Payri C, D’Hondt S, De Clerck O, Zubia M Biology (Basel) 11-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10452401
doi:10.3390/biology12081124
PMID:37627008
Two tropical seagrass species show differing indicators of resistance to a marine heatwave Bass AV, Falkenberg LJ Ecol Evol 14-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10345732
doi:10.1002/ece3.10304
PMID:37456075
Ocean connectivity and habitat characteristics predict population genetic structure of seagrass in an extreme tropical setting Hernawan UE, van Dijk K, Kendrick GA, Feng M, Berry O, Kavazos C, McMahon K Ecol Evol 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10316484
doi:10.1002/ece3.10257
PMID:37404702
Marine aquaculture as a source of propagules of invasive fouling species Lins DM, Rocha RM PeerJ 12-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10269578
doi:10.7717/peerj.15456
PMID:37334117
Heterogeneity of Fish Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Evaluated by eDNA and Gillnet along a Mangrove–Seagrass–Coral Reef Continuum Qiu S, Ooi JL, Chen W, Poong SW, Zhang H, He W, Su S, Luo H, Hu W, Affendi YA, Du J, Loh KH Animals (Basel) 26-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10251956
doi:10.3390/ani13111777
PMID:37889697

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