Phyllospadix



Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass, is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840. Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.

It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.

Species

 * Accepted species
 * Phyllospadix iwatensis – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East
 * Phyllospadix japonicus – China, Korea, Japan
 * Phyllospadix juzepczukii – Russian Far East
 * Phyllospadix scouleri (type species) – Alaska to Baja California
 * Phyllospadix serrulatus – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington
 * Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico