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|accepted_name=Ruppia maritima
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 127. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Ruppie maritime
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ruppia maritima var. brevirostris
|authority=Agardh
|rank=variety
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|name=Ruppia maritima var. exigua
|authority=Fernald & Wiegand
|rank=variety
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|name=Ruppia maritima
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Ruppia maritima var. longipes
|authority=Hagström
|rank=variety
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|name=Ruppia maritima var. obliqua
|authority=(Schur) Ascherson & Graebner
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ruppia maritima var. rostrata
|authority=Agardh
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ruppia maritima var. subcapitata
|authority=Fernald & Wiegand
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ruppiaceae;Ruppia;Ruppia maritima
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ruppiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ruppia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ruppia maritima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 50 cm × 0.1–0.7 mm. <b>Leaves</b> 6–10.5 cm; blade 0.3–0.5 mm, apex ± obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncles with 0–3[–4] coils, 0.5–16.5 × 0.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: pistils 4–8. <b>Fruits</b> 1.8–2 × 0.7–1.5 mm; gynophore 1.2–1.9 cm; beak terminal, slightly recurved, 0.6–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Shallow waters of brackish streams, ditches, and lakes along ocean shore
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;coastal Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>No specimens have been seen from Washington, D. C., but the species is to be expected there.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=graves1908a
|text=Graves, A. H. 1908. The morphology of Ruppia mar iitima. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts 14: 59--170.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=richardson1980a
|text=Richardson, F. D. 1980. Ecology of Ruppia maritima L. in New Hampshire (U.S.A.) tidal marshes. Rhodora 82: 403--439.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ruppia maritima
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ruppia maritima var. brevirostris;Ruppia maritima var. exigua;Ruppia maritima;Ruppia maritima var. longipes;Ruppia maritima var. obliqua;Ruppia maritima var. rostrata;Ruppia maritima var. subcapitata
|basionyms=
|family=Ruppiaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Shallow waters of brackish streams, ditches, and lakes along ocean shore
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;R.I.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;coastal Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia.
|reference=graves1908a;richardson1980a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_25.xml
|genus=Ruppia
|species=Ruppia maritima
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