Zostera

Zostera (marine eelgrasses)
Zostera marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Zosteraceae
Genus:	Zostera L.
Global distribution map of Zostera. Green indicates presence.
Synonyms
Alga Tourn. ex Lam. Heterozostera (Setch.) Hartog Nanozostera Toml. & Posl.

Species

Accepted species

1. Zostera angustifolia (Hornem.) Rchb. – Russian Far East, British Isles, Denmark, Sweden
2. Zostera asiatica Miki – Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, NE China
3. Zostera caespitosa Miki – Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, NE China
4. Zostera capensis Setchell – Madagascar; Kenya to Cape Province
5. Zostera capricorni Ascherson – New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
6. Zostera caulescens Miki – Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, NE China
7. Zostera chilensis (J. Kuo) S. W. L. Jacobs & D. H. Les – Chile
8. Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner – Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam
9. Zostera marina L. – shores of North Pacific, North Atlantic, British Isles Mediterranean, Black Sea, Sea of Okhotsk
10. Zostera mucronata den Hartog – Australia
11. Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Ascherson – Australia
12. Zostera nigricaulis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & D.H.Les – Australia
13. Zostera noltii Hornem. – shores of Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian Sea
14. Zostera novazelandica Setchell – New Zealand
15. Zostera polychlamys (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & D.H.Les – Australia
16. Zostera tasmanica Martens ex Ascherson – Australia