Okhotsk surfgrass | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Zosteraceae |
Genus: | Phyllospadix |
Species: | P. juzepczukii |
Binomial name | |
Phyllospadix juzepczukii Tzvelev, 1981 | |
Phyllospadix juzepczukii is a plant species known only from shores of the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Khabarovsk and Primorye). It grows in salt marshes along the intertidal zones of the Sea of Okhotsk. [1]
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