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|accepted_name=Thalassia
|accepted_authority=Banks & Solander ex K. D. König
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Annals of Botany
|place=2: 96. 1805
|year=1805
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|common_names=Turtle-grass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hydrocharitaceae;Thalassia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrocharitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thalassia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek thalass, sea
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, of marine waters. <b>Rhizomes</b> present; leaf-bearing branches arising from rhizomes at distances of several internodes; stolons absent. <b>Erect</b> stems rooted in substrate, unbranched, short. <b>Leaves</b> 2–6, basal, submersed, sessile; blade linear, base tapering to stem; apex obtuse; midvein without lacunae along side(s), blade uniform in color throughout; abaxial surfacely without prickles; intravaginal scales entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-flowered to cymose, pedunculate; spathes not winged. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants, submersed, short-pedicellate to nearly sessile; petals absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: filaments distinct; anthers linear; pollen embedded in gelatinous matrix, in moniliform chains. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary 1-locular; styles 6–8, not 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> spheric, echinate, dehiscing into 6–8 irregular valves. <b>Seeds</b> pyriform; seed coat ephemeral.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Central America;Africa;Asia;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=grey1978a
|text=Grey, W. F. and M. D. Moffler. 1978. Flowering of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. Aquatic Bot. 5: 251--259.
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|id=moffler1981a
|text=Moffler, M. D., M. J. Durako, and W. F. Grey. 1981. Observations on the reproductive ecology of Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) in Tampa Bay, Florida. Aquatic Bot. 10: 183--187.
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|id=moore1963c
|text=Moore, D. R. 1963. Distribution of the sea grass, Thalassia, in the United States. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Caribbean 13: 329--342.
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|id=orpurt1964a
|text=Orpurt, P. R. and L. L. Boral. 1964. The flowers and seeds of Thalassia testudinum König. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Caribbean 14: 296--302.
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name=Thalassia
|authority=Banks & Solander ex K. D. König
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrocharitaceae
|distribution=North America;Central America;Africa;Asia;Australia.
|reference=grey1978a;moffler1981a;moore1963c;orpurt1964a
|publication title=Annals of Botany
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Thalassia
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