Posidonia angustifolia
Mediterranean Tapeweed
Posidonia oceanica
(L.) Delile Species
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- Botanical name
- Posidonia oceanica
- Also known as
- Mediterranean Tapeweed, Neptune Grass, Species Code: Po
- Family
- Posidoniaceae
- Genus
- Posidonia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Mediterranean Tapeweed
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Posidonia oceanica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aegle fragilis
Alga oceanica
Caulinia oceanica
Kernera oceanica
Posidonia caulini
Taenidium acuminatum
Taenidium oceanicum
Zostera oceanica
Others in Posidonia
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