Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Alismatales > Family Ruppiaceae > Genus Ruppia

Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ruppia*	L.	accepted genus name
*Ruppia cirrhosa*	(Petagna) Grande	taxonomically included in
*Ruppia drepanensis*	Tineo	taxonomically included in
*Ruppia maritima*	L.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Buccaferrea cirrhosa*	Petagna	basionym
*Ruppia cirrhosa subsp. longipes*	(Hagstr.) Á. Löve	heterotypic synonym
*Ruppia maritima subsp. spiralis*	(Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.	heterotypic synonym
*Ruppia spiralis*	L. ex Dumort.	heterotypic synonym
*Ruppia maritima*	sensu Lanfranco, G. G. 1977: Field guide to the wild flowers of Malta	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Finnish: kiertohapsikka sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Portuguese: limo mestre; limo-mestre; sirgo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: skruvnating

Literature

additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
nomenclatural reference	in Boll. Orto Bot. Napoli 5: 58. 1918

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Uotila, P. 2009+: Ruppiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/140f82c5-bde5-480b-869d-4d13ebec019c

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande, 1918. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416218