''Phyllospadix'', surfgrass, is a genus of

seagrass Seagrasses are the only flowering plants which grow in marine environments. There are about 60 species of fully marine seagrasses which belong to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the orde ...

, a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Zosteraceae Zosteraceae (one of the four seagrasses families, Kubitzki ed. 1998) is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses ...

, described as a genus in 1840. ''Phyllospadix'' grows in Marine (ocean), marine waters along the coasts of the temperate Pacific Ocean, North Pacific. It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.

Species

;Accepted speciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> *''Phyllospadix iwatensis'' – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East *''Phyllospadix japonicus'' – China, Korea, Japan *''Phyllospadix juzepczukii'' – Russian Far East *''Phyllospadix scouleri'' (type species) – Alaska to Baja California *''Phyllospadix serrulatus'' – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington (state), Washington *''Phyllospadix torreyi'' – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico

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of ''Phyllospadix'' at Algaebase Phyllospadix, Alismatales genera Biota of the Pacific Ocean Salt marsh plants {{monocot-stub