Posidoniaceae
Mediterranean tapeweed
Posidonia oceanica
- Family
- Posidoniaceae
- Genus
- Posidonia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- نبتة بوسيدون المحيطية
- arz
- نبته بوسيدون المحيطيه
- Catalan
- Altina, Posidònia
- Chinese
- 波希多尼亞海草, 波西多尼亚海草, 波西多尼亞海草, 大洋波喜荡草
- Corsican
- Arba marina
- Croatian
- Posidonija
- Czech
- Posidonie mořská
- English
- Mediterranean tapeweed, Neptune grass, Species code: Po, Neptune grass, Mediterranean tapeweed
- German
- Neptungras
- Greek
- Ποσειδωνία η ωκεάνιος, Λιβάδια Ποσειδωνείας
- Hungarian
- Neptunfű
- Serbian
- Морска цветница
- Slovenian
- Morska pozejdonovka
- Swedish
- Neptunigräs
- Turkish
- Deniz eriştesi
Synonyms
- Aegle fragilis Dulac
- Alga oceanica (L.) Kuntze
- Caulinia oceanica (L.) DC.
- Kernera oceanica (L.) Willd.
- Posidonia caulini K.D.Koenig
- Taenidium acuminatum Targ.Tozz.
- Taenidium oceanicum (L.) Targ.Tozz.
- Zostera oceanica L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Frédéric Ducarme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: user:Tursiops, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: LEELOO FADIA LA GRANDE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Guido Picchetti, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marcel Bonfils, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: vitu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pasak Ewa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gaby R, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Posidonia kirkmaniiPosidoniaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.