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Family: Cymodoceaceae Life
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plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
Submerged, perennial marine plants. Five genera
and 16 species (tropical seas), with four genera and five species off the coast
of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Mozambique.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from Glen (2000).
Cymodocea
Two species indigenous in southern Africa, both recorded from Mozambique. |
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Halodule
Seven species (widespread in tropical seas), with one
species, Halodule uninervis
(Narrowleaf seagrass), found off the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal
and further north off Mozambique. A favourite food of the
Dugong. |
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Syringodium
One species native to southern Africa - Syringodium isoetifolium -
recorded from Mozambique. |
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Thalassodendron
Two species (coasts of E Africa, E Malaysia and Australia), with Thalassodendron ciliatum
occurring in the Indian Ocean, including off the coast of northern
KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique. |
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