4-26 Zosteraceae, eelgrass family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, horned pondweed family, monocots, Zannichellia, horned pondweed

Abstract

Only three genera comprise this family, with a single species included in Nova Scotia‘s flora. Plants are aquatic, their leaves completely submerged or with the uppermost ones floating. The stems are jointed, sheathed by the leaf bases. Flowers are unisexual, each type with a single pistil or stamen. They are borne on a spadix, hidden within a spathe. Fruits are drupelike. Image use given by Roger Lloyd and Ross Hall.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor