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Detailed explanation-1: -The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia. The sprawling seagrass, a marine flowering plant known as Posidonia australis, stretches for more than 112 miles (180 kilometers) in Shark Bay, a wilderness area protected as a World Heritage site.

Detailed explanation-2: -A form of flowering plant that far exceeds Pando as the largest organism on earth in breadth, is the giant marine plant, Posidonia australis, living in Shark Bay, Australia. Its length is about 180 km (112 mi) and it covers an area of 200 km2 (77 sq mi). It is estimated to be over 4,500 years old.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Using genetic testing, scientists have determined a large underwater meadow in Western Australia is in fact one plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Largest Plant: Poseidon’s Ribbon Weed The newly crowned largest plant in the world is the Poseidon’s ribbon weed, an Australian seagrass which covers approximately 77 square miles in one single plant.