See phylogeny and notes from Jenna here: http://phylogenomics.wordpress.com/people/post-docs/jenna-lang/seagrass/photo-4/
So for our study we want to compare seagrasses to each other and to their relatives, especially aquatic plants.
Order Alismatales
- Some 4500 species, 165 genera in 13 families
- Here is the list from Wikipedia:
- family Alismataceae (including Limnocharitaceae)
- family Aponogetonaceae
- family Araceae
- family Butomaceae
- family Cymodoceaceae
- family Hydrocharitaceae
- family Juncaginaceae
- family Posidoniaceae
- family Potamogetonaceae
- family Ruppiaceae
- family Scheuchzeriaceae
- family Tofieldiaceae
- family Zosteraceae
Seagrasses
- From Wikipedia: Seagrasses are flowering plants (Division Angiospermae) and occupy four plant families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae, or Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments. There are 12 genera and 58 species known to science.
- From Wikipedia
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- Cymodoceaceae family
- Hydrocharitaceae family
- Posidoniaceae family
- Zosteraceae family
The Seagrass Microbiome Project 