Kangaroo Island eelgrass | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Zosteraceae |
Genus: | Zostera |
Species: | Z. nigricaulis
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Binomial name | |
Zostera nigricaulis (J.Kuo) S.W.L.Jacobs & Les
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Zostera nigricaulis is a species of eelgrass native to the seacoasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, and across the Pacific in Chile.[2] It was first discovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia in 1988.[3][4]