Taxon profile

genus

mangrove
Avicennia L.

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Lamiales » family Acanthaceae » subfamily Avicennioideae

Scientific synonyms

Donatia Loefl. non J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Halodendrum Thouars
Hilairanthus Tiegh.
Racka J. F. Gmel.
Sceura Forssk.
Upata Adans.

Other names

= black mangroves

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Included taxa

Number of records: 10

species Avicennia alba Blume

species Avicennia balanophora Stapf & Moldenke

species Avicennia bicolor Standl.

species Avicennia germinans (L.) L. - Black Mangrove

species Avicennia integra N.C. Duke

species Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. - Gray Mangrove

species Avicennia officinalis L. - White Mangrove

species Avicennia rumphiana Hallier f.

species Avicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke

species Avicennia tonduzii Moldenke

Links and literature

PLANTS Database [AVICE]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1032247]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Avicennia Linnaeus, 1753]
Data retrieved on: 8 December 2019

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Avicennia L.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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