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Halophila ovalis
Also called Species code: Ho, Sea Wrack, Spoon Grass
Halophila ovalis, commonly known as paddle weed, spoon grass or dugong grass, is a seagrass in the family Hydrocharitaceae. It is a small herbaceous plant that naturally occurs in sea beds and other saltwater environments in the Indo-Pacific. It was introduced as isolated populations in Florida, Cuba and Antigua.
The first description of the species was by Robert Brown as Caulinia ovalis, this was transferred to the genus Halophila by Joseph Dalton Hooker in Flora Tasmaniae (1858).
Species Code: Ha · Florida Keys seagrass · Caribbean seagrass · Engelmann's seagrass · Johnson's seagrass · Species code: Hs · Seagrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Halophila ovalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
