Zosteraceae Dumort.
Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Asch. , legitimate, scientific
Ascherson, P.F.A. (1868), Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1868: 168 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat ad oram Novae Hollandiae australem (F.Müller!) et Tasmaniae (Gunn!) nee non ad litus republicae Chilensis (Coqnimbo Phillipi!). Floret?"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 91 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 228 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 46 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 46 [secondary reference]
Smith, G.G. & Marchant, N.G. (1961), Census of aquatic plants of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 11 [secondary reference]
Thompson, J. (1961), Zosteraceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 13: 75 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Most references to Z. nana Roth. in Australian literature will apply to this species [i.e. Z. muelleri] but some may apply to Z. capricorni."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 427 [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 67 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 84 vernacular name: Dwarf Grass-wrack [n/a]
Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 332 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 60 [secondary reference]
Robertson, E.L. in Womersley, H.B S. (1984), Seagrasses. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia 1: 116-118, Figs 37, 39 [secondary reference]
Kuo, J., Ridge, R.W. & Lewis, S.V. (1990), The Leaf Internal Morphology and Ultrastructure of Zostera muelleri Irmische ex Aschers (Zosteraceae): a Comparative Study of the Intertidal and Subtidal Forms. Aquatic Botany 36: 217-236 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Zosteraceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 28 [secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 165, Fig. 34j-m [secondary reference]
common name: Dwarf Grass-wrack [n/a]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Zosteraceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 29, Fig. 11 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Zostera marina R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Zostera marina L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Zostera novazelandica Setch. legitimate common name: Eel Grass [n/a]
Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluszny, U. (2001), Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 433 [basionym]
basionym of: Nanozostera muelleri (Irmisch ex Asch.) Toml. & Posl. legitimate
Kuo, J. (2005), A revision of the genus Heterozostera (Zosteraceae). Aquatic Botany 81: 124 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera polychlamys J.Kuo legitimate by Smith, G.G. & Marchant, N.G. (1961), Census of aquatic plants of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 11
Kuo, J. (2005), A revision of the genus Heterozostera (Zosteraceae). Aquatic Botany 81: 110 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera nigricaulis J.Kuo legitimate by Ascherson, P.F.A. (1868), Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1868: 168
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Nanozostera muelleri (Irmisch ex Asch.) Toml. & Posl. legitimate misapplication: Zostera uninervis Forssk. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(27): 114 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 176 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 121 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 204 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 228
  • APC Comment: E.L.Robertson in J.P.Jessop & H.R.Toelken (eds) Fl. S. Australia 4: 1733 (1986) list "Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Asch. var. muelleri" but this autonym does not exist as no varietal taxa have been published under this name. Treated as Nanozostera muelleri in Tas.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera nigricaulis J.Kuo legitimate by Ascherson, P.F.A. (1868), Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1868: 168
Jacobs, S.W.L., Les, D.H. & Moody, M.L. (27 April 2006), New combinations in Australasian Zostera (Zosteraceae). Telopea 11(2): 128 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera polychlamys J.Kuo legitimate by Smith, G.G. & Marchant, N.G. (1961), Census of aquatic plants of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 11
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera nigricaulis J.Kuo legitimate by Ascherson, P.F.A. (1868), Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1868: 168
Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Zosteraceae. Flora of Australia 39: 141-143, Fig. 33A-H [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Asch. subsp. muelleri legitimate misapplication: Zostera uninervis Forssk. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(27): 114 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 176 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 121 misapplication: Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 204
Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Zosteraceae. Flora of Australia 39: 138 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera polychlamys J.Kuo legitimate by Smith, G.G. & Marchant, N.G. (1961), Census of aquatic plants of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 11
Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Zosteraceae. Flora of Australia 39: 138 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Heterozostera nigricaulis J.Kuo legitimate by Ascherson, P.F.A. (1868), Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1868: 168