Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ruppia maritima
zacate, zacatillo, pelo de marisma, wigeongrass
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.