Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass, is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840. Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.

It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.

Species

1. Accepted species

2. Phyllospadix iwatensis – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East

3. Phyllospadix japonicus – China, Korea, Japan

4. Phyllospadix juzepczukii – Russian Far East

5. Phyllospadix scouleri (type species) – Alaska to Baja California

6. Phyllospadix serrulatus – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington

7. Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico

References

External links

• Images of Phyllospadix at Algaebase