# Phyllospadix > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phyllospadix > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phyllospadix.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllospadix > Source revision: 1337985945 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of aquatic plants Surfgrass Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Zosteraceae Genus: Phyllospadix Hooker (1840) *Phyllospadix* is a food source for many animals including this *[Tectura palacea](/source/Tectura_palacea)*. ***Phyllospadix***, commonly known as **surfgrass**,[1] is a genus of [seagrass](/source/Seagrass), a [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Zosteraceae](/source/Zosteraceae), described as a genus in 1840.[2][3][4][5] *Phyllospadix* grows in [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) waters along the coasts of the temperate [North Pacific](/source/Pacific_Ocean).[5] It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged [pollination](/source/Pollination).[6] ## Species **Accepted species[7]** - *[Phyllospadix iwatensis](/source/Phyllospadix_iwatensis)* – [China](/source/China), [Korea](/source/Korea), [Japan](/source/Japan), [Russian Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East) - *[Phyllospadix japonicus](/source/Phyllospadix_japonicus)* – [China](/source/China), [Korea](/source/Korea), [Japan](/source/Japan) - *[Phyllospadix juzepczukii](/source/Phyllospadix_juzepczukii)* – [Russian Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East) - *[Phyllospadix scouleri](/source/Phyllospadix_scouleri)* (type species) – [Alaska](/source/Alaska) to [Baja California](/source/Baja_California) - *[Phyllospadix serrulatus](/source/Phyllospadix_serrulatus)* – [Alaska](/source/Alaska), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)) - *[Phyllospadix torreyi](/source/Phyllospadix_torreyi)* – [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) to northwestern [Mexico](/source/Mexico) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [NRCS](/source/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service). ["*Phyllospadix*"](https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/PHYLL4). *PLANTS Database*. [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture) (USDA). Retrieved 30 September 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: 171](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/415450#page/174/mode/1up) description in Latin, commentary and habitat information in English 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Hooker, William Jackson. 1840. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America 2: figure CLXXXVI](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/415450#page/399/mode/1up) line drawing as illustration 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Tropicos | Name - !Phyllospadix Hook"](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007849). *www.tropicos.org*. Retrieved 2017-02-02. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Larkum_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Larkum_5-1) Larkum, Anthony W.D.; Duarte, Carlos; Orth, Robert J., eds. (2005). "Taxonomy and biogeorgraphy of seagrasses". *Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation*. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4020-2942-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4020-2942-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Judith Connor"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151016031824/http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/seagrass/erika/SEX.HTM). Archived from [the original](http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/seagrass/erika/SEX.HTM) on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2017-02-02. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=308458) - Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). ["Phyllospadix"](http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42996). *[AlgaeBase](/source/AlgaeBase)*. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Phyllospadix](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Phyllospadix). - [Images](http://www.algaebase.org/search/pictures/?currentMethod=imgs&fromSearch=yes&displayCount=20&query=Phyllospadix) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120302004016/http://www.algaebase.org/search/pictures/?currentMethod=imgs&fromSearch=yes&displayCount=20&query=Phyllospadix) 2012-03-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) of *Phyllospadix* at [Algaebase](/source/Algaebase) Taxon identifiers Phyllospadix Wikidata: Q2700115 Wikispecies: Phyllospadix AlgaeBase: 42996 BOLD: 411603 CoL: 8W2DJ EoL: 101674 FNA: 125245 FoC: 125245 GBIF: 2863952 GRIN: 9323 iNaturalist: 72297 IPNI: 27848-1 IRMNG: 1037151 ITIS: 39070 NCBI: 55485 Open Tree of Life: 91953 Paleobiology Database: 214095 PLANTS: PHYLL4 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27848-1 Tropicos: 40007849 VASCAN: 1542 WFO: wfo-4000029466 WoRMS: 370041 Authority control databases: National Israel This Alismatales-related article is a stub. 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