species: Halophila ovalis in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Halophila ovalis


©Anne Hoggett: Halophila ovalis (oval leaves) and Halodule uninervis (thin strap-like leaves) exposed at low tide at Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Halophila ovalis off lagoon entrance, Lizard Island, deeper than 20 m

©Anne Hoggett: Halophila ovalis off lagoon entrance, Lizard Island, deeper than 20 m

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Alismatales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Genus Halophila
Species Halophila ovalis

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Cribb, A.B. and J.W. Cribb (1985). Plant life of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent shores University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Other references

  • Chartrand K.M., C.V. Bryant, A. Sozou, P.J. Ralph and M.A. Rasheed (2017). Final Report: Deep‐water seagrass dynamics: Light requirements, seasonal change and mechanisms of recruitment., Tropwater, Report, 17/16. LIRS catalog number 2192.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.
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