Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Ruppia maritima L.

zacate, zacatillo, pelo de marisma, wigeongrass

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Najadales

Family
Potamogetonaceae

Genus
Ruppia

Species
maritima

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Potamogeton filifolius Phil., in CONABIO, 2009 as Buccaferrea maritima Lunell

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Svenson, H.K. (1935) Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands). Am. J. Bot. 22: 208-277.
  • Castro, S. A. Curtis, C.D., Silva, L., Torres-Santana, C.W., Reyes-Betancort, J.A., Atkinson, R., Jaramillo, P., Guézou, A. & Jaksic, F. M. (2010) Floristic homogenization as a teleconnected trend in oceanic islands. Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.): 1-9.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ruppia maritima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1037. Accessed 26 May 2025.