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

Zostera noltii Hornem.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zostera*	L.	accepted genus name
*Zostera marina*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Zostera noltii*	Hornem.	taxonomically included in
*Zostera subg. Zostera*		taxonomically included in
*Zostera subg. Zosterella*		taxonomically included in
*Nanozostera*	Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001	synonym

Species group names

*Nanozostera noltii*	(Hornem.) Toml. & Posl.	homotypic synonym
*Phucagrostis minor*	Cavolini	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Zostera minor*	Rchb.	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Zostera nana*	Roth	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Zostera nana*	sensu Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Jankjavičene, R. 2003: Flora baltijskih republik. Svodka sosudistyh rastenij 3. – Tartu	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: algueró

Literature

original description	Hornemann, J.W. (1832). Flora danica fasciculus trigesmus quintus. [fascicle 35]. pls MMXLI-MMLX. . Havniae [Copenhagen]: Typis Expressit Director Janus Hostrup Schultz.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Jacobs, S.; Les, D. (2009). New combinations in Zostera (Zosteraceae). Telopea. 12(3): 419-423.
source of synonymy	Sullivan, B. K.; Short, F. T. (2023). Taxonomic revisions in Zosteraceae (Zostera, Nanozostera, Heterozostera and Phyllospadix). Aquatic Botany. 187: 103636.
source of synonymy	Tomlinson, P. B.; Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. TAXON. 50(2): 429-437.
nomenclatural reference	in Oeder, Fl. Dan. 12(35): 1. 1832

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Uotila, P. 2009+: Zosteraceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Zostera noltii Hornem. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dc7c8ca8-5e68-4d71-89f4-11b7218c8211

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). Zostera noltii Hornemann, 1832. 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:495082