Avicennia germinans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Avicennioideae
Genus: Avicennia
Species: Avicennia germinans

Name

Avicennia germinans (L.) L., 1764

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Bontia germinans L. in Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1122 (1759)
Heterotypic
- Avicennia africana P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: 80 (1806)
- Avicennia elliptica Thunb. in Pl. Bras. 3: 37 (1821)
- Avicennia elliptica var. martii Moldenke in Phytologia 30: 15 (1975)
- Avicennia floridana Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 64 (1918), nom. illeg.
- Avicennia floridana Raf. in Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832)
- Avicennia germinans f. aberrans Moldenke in Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
- Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensis Moldenke in Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
- Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke in Phytologia 30: 15 (1975)
- Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke in Phytologia 29: 75 (1974)
- Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensis Moldenke in Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
- Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 529 (1845)
- Avicennia meyeri Miq. in Linnaea 18: 262 (1845)
- Avicennia nitida Sessé & Moc. in Fl. Mexic. 2: 142 (1894), nom. illeg.
- Avicennia nitida Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 25 (1760)
- Avicennia nitida var. trinitensis Moldenke in Phytologia 1: 96 (1934)
- Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. in Fl. South. U.S.: 310 (1860)
- Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891)
- Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891)
- Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 25 (1760)
- Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensis Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 25 (1760)
- Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 229 (1818)
- Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 230 (1818)
- Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358 (1898)
- Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - USA (Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas), Bermuda, Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)
Continental: Southern America
- - Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas (Abaco, Andros, Cat, Crooked, Drunkenmans, Easter, Exuma, Fortune, Frozen, Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Great Exuma, Great Guana, Great Harbour, Gun, Hummingbird, Inagua, Long, Mariguana, New Providence, North Bimini, Salt, Ship Channel, South Bimini, South East, Tonay, Wells), Turks and Caicos Isl., Cuba, Isla de Pinos, Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman), Jamaica, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (incl. Culebra Isl., Ratones Isl., Vieques Isl.), Virgin Isl. (Buck, Jost Van Dyke, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Tobago, Trinidad, Bonaire, Curacao, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Choc, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nario, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador (El Oro, Guayas, Manabi), Galapagos (Santa Cruz), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barts, Barbuda, Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana)
Continental: Africa
- - Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Angola

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C., 1764. Species Plantarum, Edition 3 2: 891.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Avicennia germinans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Avicennia germinans. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 25 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Avicennia germinans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Avicennia germinans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jun. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Avicennia germinans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Black Mangrove, Limewood
português: sereíba, saraíba, siriúva, siriúba, mangue-branco

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