Description
Fruit with stony pericarp, subglobose to ovoid, more or less compressed, with a short beak.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, along the coasts of all tropical seas, in the Atlantic as well as in the Indo-Pacific present
The genus, which consists of 6-8 species, is widely distributed along the coasts of all tropical seas, in the Atlantic as well as in the Indo-Pacific In Malesia 2 species.
Citation
Hartog 1964 – In: Blumea: 296
Asch. 1907 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 11: 151
Endl. 1970: Sea-grasses of the World: 146
Asch. 1868 – In: Linnaea: 163, 187
Benth. & Hook.f. 1883 – In: Gen. Pl.: 1019
