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Ruppia maritima Linn., Sp. Pl. 127. 1753. A. Bennett, Fl. Trop. Afr. 8:224. 1901; Subramanyam, Aq. Ang. 96. 1962; Clapham, Tutin & Warburg, Fl. Brit. Is. ed. 2. 859. 1962; Dandy in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 84:1. 1971; Fassett, Man. Aq. Pl. ed. 2:77. 1972.
Ruppia rostellata Koch
Branched, aquatic herbs. Leaves entire except the minutely denticulate apex. Peduncle 2-3 mm long when young. Flowers 0.5-1 mm long; pollen heteropolar, reticulate. Carpels at first sessile; ovary obovate-oblong; stigma peltate. Fruitlets drupaceous, stipitate, 2-3 mm long excluding stipe, 1-1.5 mm broad, obliquely ovoid, black, lateral projections short; stipe 1-2 cm long, slender in fruit.
Fl.Per.: April-May.
Type: “Habitat in Europae maritimis”.
Distribution: A cosmopolitan species in saline habitats.
It is commonly found almost throughout Pakistan in ± saline water habitats, often associated and submerged with Potamogeton pectinatus and Najas marina.
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