Family:
Posidoniaceae Vines
Genus:
Posidonia K.D.Koenig

Posidonia australis Hook.f.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Hainan, S. & SE. Australia.

Native to:

Hainan, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Posidonia australis Hook.f. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 2, 1871 Gunn, R. [s.n.], Tasmania K000203567 Yes
Baird, A.M., Australia 34670.000 No
Gunn, R. [s.n.], Australia K000203565 Yes
Brown, R. [5812], Western Australia K000203564 Yes
Gunn, R. [1347], Tasmania K000203566 Yes

First published in Fl. Tasman. 2: 43 (1858)

Accepted by

  • Den Hartog, C. (1970). The sea-grasses of the world Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Sectie 59(1): 1-275.
  • Kuo, J. & de Hertog, C. (2001). Seagrass taxonomy and identification key Global Seagrass Research Methods: 31-78. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Den Hartog, C. (1970). The sea-grasses of the world Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Sectie 59(1): 1-275.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0