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109.0000 Family Ruppiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 46 (1834), nom. cons.
1 genus, 5-12 spp. Frequently included in Cymodoceaceae
Species listed in database: 13
= Ruppieae Kunth ex Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 12: 15 (1846)
= Ruppioideae Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 287, 292 (1912)
109.0001 Genus Ruppia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 127 (1753)
Distribution: worldwide (2), Central America (1), temp. South America (1), Australia (3), New Zealand (2)
Species listed in database: 13
= Buccaferrea Mich. ex Petagna; Inst. Bot. 5: 1826 (1787)
= Bucafer Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 469 (1763)
= Dzieduszyckia Rehmann; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 374 (1868)
species :
Ruppia bicarpa Yu Ito & Muasya; Syst. Bot. 40(4): 948, figs. 1-4 (2015)
Distribution: South Africa (Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Ruppia brevipedunculata Shuo Yu & Hartog; Aquatic Bot. 119: 67 (2014)
Distribution: China (Jiangsu)
36 CHI
species :
Ruppia didyma Sw. ex Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1825: 427 (1825)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Yucatan); Jamaica; Puerto Rico; St. Barthélémy
79 MEX 81 JAM PUE SBA
Synonyms: hidden
= Ruppia anomala Ostenf.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 359 (1915 publ. 1916)
species :
Ruppia drepanensis Tineo; Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 878 (1845)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Corsica; SE-Italy; Sicily; Morocco; Algeria
12 COR POR SPA 13 ITA SIC 20 ALG MOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Ruppia aragonensis Loscos & J.Pardo; Ser. Inconf. Pl. Aragon. [Willkomm], ed. 1: 105, 134 (1863)
= Ruppia cirrhosa var. drepanensis (Tineo) Symoens; Opera Bot. Belg. 4: 132 (1991)
= Ruppia maritima proles drepanensis (Tineo) Graebn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 144 (1907)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. drepanensis (Tineo) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 1: 198 (1952)
= Ruppia maritima var. drepanensis (Tineo) K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(3): 700 (1894)
= Ruppia rostellata subsp. aragonensis (Loscos & J.Pardo) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 16 (1890)
= Ruppia rostellata var. aragonensis (Loscos & J.Pardo) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 685 (1882)
species :
Ruppia filifolia (Phil.) Skottsb.; Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., n. s. 56(5): 171 (1916)
Name: Pelo de marisma (Chile)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Neuquen, Salta, Santa Cruz, San Juan, Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Magallanes); Falkland Isl.
83 BOL ECU PER 85 ARG CLE 91 FAL
Synonyms: hidden
= Potamogeton filifolius Phil.; Fl. Atacam. 50 (1860)
= Ruppia andina Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 91: 525 (1894)
= Ruppia obtusa Hagstr.; Bot. Not. 140 (1911)
= Ruppia obtusa var. repens Hagstr.; Bot. Not. 1911: 140 (1911)
species :
Ruppia maritima L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 127 (1753)
Name: Meeres-Salde (DE); Yerba de zanja, Algomarina (ES); Beaked Tasselweed (EN)
Distribution: Iceland; Faeroe Isl.; England (England, Wales, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany (+Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, +Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Poland; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Channel Isl. (+Guernsey, Jersey); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (rare coastal, incl. some islands); Crete; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; European Russia (N-European Russia, W-European Russia, C-European Russia, E-European Russia, S-European Russia); Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Azores (Sao Jorge); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera); Cape Verde Isl. (Sal Isl.); ?Mauritania; Senegal; Ghana; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?Sudan; Eritrea; Soqotra; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra; Siberia (Altai, Chita, Krasnoyarsk); Russian Far East (Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Cyprus (E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir); United Arab Emirates; Yemen (SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut); China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shandong, Xinjiang, Zhejiang); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. (Minamijima); Taiwan; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab); India (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Penang); Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Caledonia; Tonga (Vava´u, Niuafo´ou); Fiji; Phoenix Isl. (Enderbury); Gilbert Isl. (Nikunau); Guam; Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl., Niihau); Alaska; Canada (British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec, Saskatchewan); St. Pierre et Miquelon; USA (Alabama, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State); Bermuda; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Clipperton Isl.; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas); Anguilla; St. Barthélémy; Nevis; Antigua; Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (La Guajira); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Oruro, Potosí, Tarija); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Santiago del Estero, San Juan); Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Araucanía)
10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE NOR SWE 11 BGM GER NET POL 12 BAL CIS COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA KRI MLT MNT ROM SIC SLV TUE 14 EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 GHA NGA SEN 23 EQG ZAI 24 ERI SOC 25 TAN 26 ANG 27 NAM SAF 29 ALD MAU MDG REU ROD 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ TKM TZK UZB 33 AZE GEO NCS 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 SAU UAE YEM 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY PHI 50 AUS 60 FIJ GIL NWC PHX TON 62 GUM 63 HAW 70 ASK 71 CDN 72 CDN SPM 73 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ CLI COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BER BON CAY CUB CUR GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE SBA STK STL STV TCI TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccaferrea maritima (L.) Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 162 (1915)
= Dzieduszyckia limnobia Rehmann; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 374 (1868)
= Ruppia brachypus J.Gay; Notes Pl. Crit. 10 (1849)
= Ruppia brachypus subsp. bahusiensis Lindstr.; Bot. Not. 1920: 181 (1920)
= Ruppia brevipes Bertol. ex Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 507 (1864)
= Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande; Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 5: 58 (1918)
= Ruppia cirrhosa subsp. longipes (Hagstr.) Á.Löve; Taxon 19: 298 (1970)
= Ruppia curvicarpa A.Nelson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 122 (1899)
= Ruppia intermedia C.G.H.Thed.; Bot. Not. 1886: 83 (1886)
= Ruppia maritima proles brachypus (J.Gay) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 293 (1912)
= Ruppia maritima proles brevirostris (C.Agardh) Graebn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 145 (1907)
= Ruppia maritima proles curvicarpa (A.Nelson) Graebn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 144 (1907)
= Ruppia maritima f. aculeata Hagstr.; Bot. Not. 1911: 138 (1911)
= Ruppia maritima f. brevirostris C.Agardh; Physiogr. Sällsk. Årsberätt. 1: 37 (1823)
= Ruppia maritima f. curvirostris H.St.John & Fosberg; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 15: 176 (1939)
= Ruppia maritima f. pectinata Hagstr.; Bot. Not. 1911: 138 (1911)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. brachypus (J.Gay) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Opera Bot. 5: 30 (1961), nom. inval.
= Ruppia maritima subsp. brachypus (J.Gay) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 316 (1894)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. brevirostris C.Agardh; Physiogr. Sällsk. Årsberätt. 1823: 37 (1823)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. intermedia (C.G.H.Thed.) Piper & Beattie; Fl. N.W. Coast [Piper & Beattie] 27 (1915)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. obliqua (Griseb. & Schenk) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Bot. Not. 114: 49 (1961)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. rostellata (W.D.J.Koch ex Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 357 (1897)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. rostellata (W.D.J.Koch) Syme; Engl. Bot., ed. 3B, 9: 59 (1869), nom. inval.
= Ruppia maritima subsp. rostrata (C.Agardh) Piper & Beattie; Fl. N.W. Coast [Piper & Beattie] 27 (1915)
= Ruppia maritima var. brachypus (J.Gay) K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(3): 700 (1894)
= Ruppia maritima var. brevirostris (C.Agardh) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 258 (1897)
= Ruppia maritima var. curvicarpa (A.Nelson) Fernald & Wiegand; Rhodora 16: 124 (1914)
= Ruppia maritima var. exigua Fernald & Wiegand; Rhodora 16: 127 (1914)
= Ruppia maritima var. floridana Graebn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 144 (1907)
= Ruppia maritima var. intermedia (C.G.H.Thed.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 358 (1897)
= Ruppia maritima var. japonica H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 58(11): 325 (1983)
= Ruppia maritima var. longipes Hagstr.; Bot. Not. 1911: 138 (1911)
= Ruppia maritima var. minor Mert. & W.D.J.Koch; Deutschl. Fl. [Röhling], ed. 3, 1: 861 (1823)
= Ruppia maritima var. obliqua (Griseb. & Schenk) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 357 (1897)
= Ruppia maritima var. onondagensis Fernald & Wiegand; Rhodora 16: 126 (1914)
= Ruppia maritima var. pacifica H.St.John & Fosberg; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 15: 176 (1939)
= Ruppia maritima var. recta Moris; Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 43 (1827)
= Ruppia maritima var. rostrata C.Agardh; Physiogr. Sällsk. Årsberätt. 6: 37 (1823)
= Ruppia maritima var. subcapitata Fernald & Wiegand; Rhodora 16: 126 (1914)
= Ruppia obliqua Griseb. & Schenk; Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 18(1): 35 (1852)
= Ruppia pectinata Rydb.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 18 (1900)
= Ruppia rostellata var. brachypus (J.Gay) T.Marsson; Fl. Neu-Vorpommern 498 (1869)
= Ruppia rostellata W.D.J.Koch ex Rchb.; Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 2: 66 (1824)
= Ruppia salina Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 634 (1866)
= Ruppia spiralis subsp. longipes (Hagstr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Bot. Not. 114: 49 (1961)
= Ruppia spiralis subsp. transsilvanica (Schur) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 684 (1882)
= Ruppia subsessilis Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 333 (1859)
= Ruppia taquetii H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 323 (1911)
= Ruppia transsilvanica Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 356 (1860)
= Ruppia trichodes Durand; Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 426 (1847)
= Ruppia zosteroides Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 191 (1909)
species :
Ruppia megacarpa R.Mason; New Zealand J. Bot. 5: 525 (1967)
Distribution: Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand; Chatham Isl.
31 rfe 50 AUS 51 CTM NZL
species :
Ruppia mexicana Hartog & Van Tussenbroek; Aquatic Bot. 131: 38-44 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Ciudad de Mexico, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Yucatan)
79 MEX
species :
Ruppia mongolica Y.Zou & X.W.Xu; Ecol. Evol. 13(e9989): 3 (2023)
Distribution: China (Nei Mongol)
36 CHI
species :
Ruppia polycarpa R.Mason; New Zealand J. Bot. 5: 524 (1967)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand; Chatham Isl.
50 AUS 51 CTM NZL
species :
Ruppia sinensis Shuo Yu & Hartog; Aquatic Bot. 119: 69 (2014)
Distribution: China (Jiangsu)
36 CHI
species :
Ruppia spiralis L. ex Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 164 (1827)
Name: Strand-Salde (DE), Spiral Tasselweed (EN)
Distribution: England (England, NW-Wales, N-Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein); Poland; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Montenegro; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare coastal, incl. some islands); SE-Crete (very rare); Estonia; Latvia; European Russia (C-European Russia, W-European Russia, E-European Russia); Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt (NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt); Namibia; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Russian Far East (Primorye); Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; East Aegaean Isl. (Chios, Samos, Kasos); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (E-Cyprus); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert); South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido); India (Tamil Nadu); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Alaska; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northern Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon); USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Antigua; Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, La Pampa, San Luis Prov., Tierra del Fuego)
10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 BGM GER NET POL 12 BAL COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA KRI MNT SIC 14 EST KRY LAT RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN 27 NAM SAF 31 RFE 32 KAZ 33 GEO NCS 34 CYP EAI ISR TUR 38 JAP KOR 40 IND 42 JAW LSI 70 ASK CDN 71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 81 ABA CAY JAM 85 ARG
Remarks: long known under the name R. cirrhosa
Synonyms: hidden
= Buccaferrea cirrhosa Petagna; Inst. Bot. 5: 1826 (1787)
= Dzieduszyckia limnobis Rehmann; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 374 (1868)
= Ruppia cirrhosa subsp. occidentalis (S.Watson) A. & D.Löve; Taxon 30(3): 700 (1981)
= Ruppia cirrhosa var. occidentalis (S.Watson) Graebn.
= Ruppia cirrhosa var. truncatifolia (Miki) H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 58(11): 330 (1983)
= Ruppia lacustris Macoun; Cat. Canad. Pl. 5: 27 (1890)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. spiralis (L. ex Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 356 (1897)
= Ruppia maritima subsp. spiralis (L. ex Dumort.) Syme; Engl. Bot., ed. 3B, 9: 58 (1869)
= Ruppia maritima var. occidentalis (S.Watson) Graebn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 145 (1907)
= Ruppia maritima var. pedunculata Hartm. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 21 (1853)
= Ruppia maritima var. spiralis (L. ex Dumort.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 1: 140 (1907), isonym
= Ruppia maritima var. spiralis (L. ex Dumort.) Moris; Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 43 (1827)
= Ruppia occidentalis S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 138 (1890)
= Ruppia spiralis J.K.Fisch.; Gefässpfl. Neu-Vorpommerns 44 (1861), nom. illeg.
= Ruppia truncatifolia Miki; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 687 (1935)
species :
Ruppia tuberosa J.S.Davis & Toml.; J. Arnold Arbor. 55(1): 60 (1974)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
50 AUS
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