''Oceana serrulata'', commonly known as serrated ribbon seagrass, is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Cymodoceaceae Cymodoceaceae is a family of flowering plants, sometimes known as the "manatee-grass family", which includes only marine species. The 2016 APG IV does recognize Cymodoceaceae and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The ...

. It is the sole species in genus ''Oceana''. It is a marine

rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

hydrogeophyte native to the western and central

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

region, ranging from the Red Sea and East African coast to Madagascar, tropical Asia, northern Australia, and the western Pacific.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q94440599, from2=Q95987589, from3=Q15553128 Cymodoceaceae Flora of the Indo-Pacific Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)