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Posidonia oceanica
Species of marine plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Neptune grass" redirects here. Not to be confused with Neptune plant.
Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The fruit is free floating and known in Italy as "the olive of the sea" (l'oliva di mare[3]). Balls of fibrous material from its foliage, known as egagropili or Neptune balls,[4] wash up to nearby shorelines.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Posidoniaceae |
Genus: | Posidonia |
Species: | P. oceanica |
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The Posidonia has a very high carbon absorption capacity, being able to soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similar sized piece of the Amazon rainforest.[5]