Native to 31 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

W. D.Stevens 27202

June 13, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur (Corn Islands)

12.180972, -83.036

Location Remarks

Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens

Not collected

June 10, 2019

Location

Belize, Belize

17.976611, -87.951222

Location Remarks

Ambergris Caye. Road to Secret Beach, ca. 2.6-3.3 km W of Beach in a subdivided area. Elev. 0 m.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

C. 6-7 m deep. With Horse-eyed Jack (the fish).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Hydrocharitaceae

Genus

Thalassia

Specific Epithet

testudinum

Authorship

Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#134,682 of 335,497

Top 41%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →