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|accepted_name=Laguncularia
|accepted_authority=C. F. Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Suppl. Carp.,
|place=209, plate 217, fig. 3. 1807
|year=1807
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Combretaceae;Laguncularia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Combretaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Laguncularia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin laguncula, flask or bottle, and aria, pertaining, alluding to fruit shape
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, often with ± erect pneumatophores. <b>Stems</b> erect, equal; twigs glabrous or sparsely hairy, hairs short, combretaceous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, opposite and decussate; stipules absent; petiole not differentiated proximally and no part of it persistent, nectar glands conspicuous; blade fleshy-leathery, venation brochidodromous, apex obtuse, rounded, or retuse, surfaces often appearing glabrous, but with minute, scattered, salt-excreting glandular hairs, these sunken and similar in form to domatial glands; with pit-domatia abaxially at junction of secondary and lower order veins, each containing a basal gland. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary, spikes or panicles; bracteoles present. <b>Flowers</b> inconspicuous, bisexual or staminate on different plants; hypanthium shallowly cupulate, free portion 1.3–2.5 mm, densely pubescent abaxially; sepals 5, green, triangular, pubescent abaxially; petals 5, greenish white, orbiculate, 1–1.3 mm, apex rounded to obtuse, pubescent (especially marginally); stamens 10, ± included; nectary disc atop ovary, pubescent; ovary somewhat flattened; style straight, free from hypanthium, with well-developed pistillode in staminate flowers; ovules 2. <b>Drupes</b> slightly flattened, oblong to obovoid, slightly ridged; with 2 major ridges, those subtending bracteoles better developed than others and forming spongy wings; hypanthium and calyx persistent.</span><!--

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|distribution=s United States;e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;w Africa;tropical and subtropical mangrove habitats.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Laguncularia
|authority=C. F. Gaertner
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Combretaceae
|distribution=s United States;e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;w Africa;tropical and subtropical mangrove habitats.
|reference=None
|publication title=Suppl. Carp.,
|publication year=1807
|special status=
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|genus=Laguncularia
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