Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
VERBENACEAE
- Verbena family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl., ed. 3. 3, ii. 891 (1764), pro parte typica; vide Compere in Taxon, xii.152 (1963).
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Black mangrove
English name: black mangrove
Spanish name: mangle negro
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Avicennia nitida Jacq.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Avicennia
Species:
Page counter: 1378 ( AVG: 221.46 / 290.24 )
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Avicennia germinans
Pneumatophores at Mangrove Nature Park Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Avicennia germinans
Trunk and pneumatophores at Mangrove Nature Park Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Avicennia germinans
Fruit and leaves at Mangrove Nature Park Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Avicennia germinans
Fruit and leaves at Mangrove Nature Park Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Avicennia germinans
Pneumatophores at Ocean Ridge, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, LA, MS, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Avicennia nitida Jacq. [97]
2) Axonopus affinis Chase [322]
3) Axonopus barbiger (Kunth) Hitchc. [141]
4) Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. australis G.A. Black [155]
5) Axonopus purpusii (Mez) Chase [291]
6) Aydendron bracteatum Nees [133]
7) Azalea arborescens Pursh [95]
8) Azalea canescens Michx. [169]
9) Azalea procumbens L. [169]
10) Baccaurea sapida (Roxb.) Müll. Arg. [222]
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