Syringodium Explained

Syringodium is a genus in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1860.^{[1] [2]} It is found along shorelines of tropical and subtropical marine environments (Indian and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico).^[3]

Species

There are two recognised species^[3]

• Syringodium filiforme Kütz. - shores of Gulf of Mexico (TX LA MS FL, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula), and Caribbean (Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Greater + Lesser Antilles, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia)
• Syringodium isoetifolium - Indian + western Pacific shores including Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea: Africa (Egypt to Mozambique, Madagascar, Socotra, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Maldives, Andaman & Nicobar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southern China, Papuasia, northern Australia, Papuasia, Micronesia

Notes and References

1. Kützing, Friedrich Traugott. 1860. Algae Marinae Exsiccatae 9: 426
2. Web site: Tropicos Name - !Syringodium Kütz.. www.tropicos.org. 2017-02-03.
3. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. apps.kew.org. en-GB. 2017-02-03.