Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35476, USA
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Source:
Hydrocharitaceae of North America Update
Acquired:
2010-01-01
Notes:
Updated by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Short, Frederick T., Gregg E. Moore, and Kimberly A. Peyton
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-10-01 / 2010-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Halophila ovalis in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Aquatic Botany, vol. 93, no. 3
Page(s):
141-146
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0304-3770
Notes:
doi: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.05.001
Reference for:
Halophila ovalis
Halophila ovalis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Halophila ovalis: Comments
Comment:
The recognition of H. johnsonii as a species remains controversial. Data in a recent paper by Short, Moore, and Peyton (2010) indicate that H. johnsonii Eisman (TSN 502870) is not clearly distinguishable from Halophila ovalis (R. Br.) Hook. f. (TSN 38959). Other recent papers using molecular techniques have also failed to clearly differentiate the species. Robert Haynes (2013, pers. comm.) who authored the treatment for the group in Flora of North America Vol. 22 (2000), which included the taxon as a distinct species, now concurs that H. johnsonii falls within H. ovalis. but notes that more research is needed to clarify relationships within this species complex, especially in the clade that includes H. ovalis, H. hawaiiana and the populations previously referred to as H. johnsonii