全球海草的中文命名

海草（seagrass）是地球上唯一一类可以完全生活在海水中的高等被子植物。全球已知海草的种类有70余种,隶属6科13属;中国现有海草22种,隶属4科10属。2014年11月"第十一次国际海草生物学研讨会"（The 11th International Seagrass Biology Workshop）在三亚召开时,国内海草研究专家共同探讨了中国海草的"藻"名更改,并进行了统一命名。然而,国内中文文章在引用非中国海草种类时,同一种海草的中文名称不一致,或者同一属不同的物种以一样的中文名出现,或者用属中文名后接拉丁文方式表达。同时,国外海草的中文名也多以"藻"来命名,容易引起混淆。因此,有必要在中国海草"藻"名更改的基础上,进一步规范全球其他海草的中文命名,以利于国内海草研究。

The Chinese nomenclature of the global seagrasses

Seagrass is the only one epigeal angiosperm completely growing under the seawater. Over 70 species of seagrasses belonging to 6 families and 13 genera are recorded in the world, while there are 22 species belonging to 4 families and 10 genera in China. The domestic experts of seagrass research in China have reach a consensus on unifying the Chinese scientific name of seagrass as "grass" instead of "algae", on the occasion of "The 11^th International Seagrass Biology Workshop" held in Sanya in November 2014. However, it is difficult to give the exact Chinese name in domestic articles when quoting non-Chinese seagrass species. For example, several Chinese names were observed for the same seagrass species; different species belong to the same genera have been considered as the same Chinese name; several species were expressed as Chinese general names with latin without providing the exact name. Meanwhile, "algae" names were found for their Chinese scientific name causing confusion. Thus, it is necessary to standardize the Chinese nomenclature of the other seagrasses species in the world on the basis of the nomenclature of the "algae" name of seagrasses in China. This will be conducive to the seagrass research in China.