WFO Plant List | World Flora Online

As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Ruppia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 127 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033636.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 127 (-128). 1753 [1 May 1753]

Statistics

${ isRankTypeStat ? 'Rank' : 'Status'}	Total	%
◼︎ ${ stat.label }	${ formatNumber(stat.value) }	${ percentage(stat.value) }%
Total	${formatNumber(currentTotalValues)}

Choose statistic to display:

Species names in Ruppia (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('species'))})

All names in Ruppia (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('roles'))})

Accepted names at all ranks within Ruppia (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('accepted'))})

All names at all ranks within Ruppia (${formatNumber(totalForStatsWithKey('ranks'))})

Synonyms of Ruppia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Buccaferrea	P.Micheli ex Petagna	Inst. Bot. 5: 1826. 1787	wfo-4000005637
Dzieduszyckia	Rehmann	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 374. 1868	wfo-4000012846
Bucafer	Adans.	Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 469. 1763	wfo-4000044379

Species in Ruppia ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
			—	${taxonConcept.hasName.id}
			— —	${synonym.id}

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ruppia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Ruppia atacamensis	A.Benn.	J. Bot. 28: 299. 1890	wfo-0001351348
Ruppia cirrhosa var. drepanensis	Symoens	Lejeunia n.s., 105: 30. 1981 [Oct 1981]	wfo-0001398965
Ruppia mongolica	Y.Zou & X.W.Xu	Ecol. Evol. 13(e9989): 3 (2023)	wfo-1000075363