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Cymodoceaceae
Syringodium

not marked as a favorite taxon Syringodium filiforme F.T. Kützing in R.F. Hohenacker. Common name: Manatee-grass. Phenology: Feb-Jun. Habitat: Estuarine waters. Distribution: Panhandle Florida, peninsular Florida, westward along the Gulf Coast to Texas, and along the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Central America, and n. South America; West Indies. Syringodium is occasionally cast ashore in Georgia and the Carolinas following hurricanes, but there is no evidence that it grows along the Atlantic coast north of Florida.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, WH3, Green & Short (2003); = Cymodocea filiformis (Kütz. in Hohen.) Correll — GW1, K1, SFla, Tx; = Cymodocea manatorum Asch. — S, S13. Basionym: Syringodium filiforme Kütz. in Hohen. 1860

Links to other floras: = Syringodium filiforme - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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