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
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Rhizophora mangle Oxalis articulata Oxalis drummondii | John Myers Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |
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).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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... more about "Rhizophora"
absent +
perigynous +
dehiscing +
brown +
ovoid-conic +
leathery +
glabrous +
Mangrove +
branched +
Seacoasts nearly throughout tropics and subtropics +
bisexual +
adnate +
protruding +
dense +
axillary +
simple +
opposite +
absent +
[1-]2[-5(-10)]-locular +
apical-axile +
anatropous +
free +
perigynous +
distinct +
absent +
2[-5(-20)]-carpellate +
aerial +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
viviparous +
valvate +
persistent +
swollen +
caducous +
interpetiolar +
absent +
Rhizophora +
Rhizophoraceae +
genus +
sheathing +
evergreen +
synoecious +