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Halophila balfourii Solered. 
AphiaID: 208928

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Tracheophyta (Phylum) > Spermatophytina (Subdivision) > Magnoliidae (Subclass) > Lilianae (Superorder) > Alismatales (Order) > Hydrocharitaceae (Family) > Halophila (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Halophila Du Petit-Thouars, 1806
Source  basis of record: Isaac, F.M. (1968). Marine Botany of the Kenyan coast. 4. Angiosperms. Journal of the East African Natural History Society 27 (1): 29-47 [details]

Distribution East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Remark: This species has been regarded as conspecific with H. stipulacea (Forsk.) ASchers. by many authors; FM Isaac, following Solerered, considers the forms of Madagascar and East Africa a distinct species <131>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208928
Taxonomic
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1997-06-03 15:01:39Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Halophila balfourii Solered.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208928 on 2013-05-23
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