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Posidonia
Posidonia is a genus of flowering plants. It contains nine species of marine plants ("seagrass"), found in the seas of the Mediterranean and around the south coast of Australia.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Neptune Grass
speciesPosidonia oceanica
fibre-ball weed
speciesPosidonia australis
Posidonia sinuosa
speciesPosidonia sinuosa
Posidonia coriacea
speciesPosidonia coriacea
Posidonia angustifolia
speciesPosidonia angustifolia
Posidonia ostenfeldii
speciesPosidonia ostenfeldii
Posidonia robertsoniae
speciesPosidonia robertsoniae
Posidonia kirkmanii
speciesPosidonia kirkmanii
Posidonia denhartogii
speciesPosidonia denhartogii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118944.