familyRhizophoraceae
genusRhizophora
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Rhizophora
Sp. Pl. 1: 443. 1753
Common names: Mangrove
Etymology: Greek rhiza, root, and phoros, bearing, alluding to conspicuous prop roots
Shrubs or trees, with aerial prop roots and swollen stem nodes. Leaves: stipules sheathing terminal bud, caducous; blade surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences dense, dichotomously branched cymes; bracteoles forming cup just below flower. Flowers: sepals persistent in fruit; filaments absent [much shorter than anthers]; ovary apically partly surrounded by nectary, free part elongating after anthesis. Berries brown, ovoid-conic [ovoid or pyriform], leathery. Seeds: germination viviparous; hypocotyl protruding and elongating before seedling falls from fruit.
Distribution
Seacoasts nearly throughout tropics and subtropics.
Discussion
Species 8 or 9 (1 in the flora).
References
None.
Lower Taxa
Facts about "Rhizophora"
Author | David E. Boufford + and Lynn J. Gillespie + |
Authority | Linnaeus + |
Common name | Mangrove + |
Distribution | Seacoasts nearly throughout tropics and subtropics. + |
Etymology | Greek rhiza, root, and phoros, bearing, alluding to conspicuous prop roots + |
Publication title | Sp. Pl. + |
Publication year | 1753 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V12/V12 363.xml + |
Taxon family | Rhizophoraceae + |
Taxon name | Rhizophora + |
Taxon parent | Rhizophoraceae + |
Taxon rank | genus + |
Volume | Volume 12 + |