Avicennia schaueriana

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Avicennia schaueriana
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Leaves and flower of Avicennia schaueriana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Avicennia
Species:
A. schaueriana
Binomial name
Avicennia schaueriana
Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke
Synonyms [2]
  • Avicennia schaueriana f. candicansMoldenke
  • Avicennia schaueriana f. glabrescensMoldenke
  • Avicennia tomentosaSchauer nom illeg.
  • Hilairanthus schauerianus(Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke) Cornejo

Avicennia schaueriana is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It grows in coastal and estuarine locations along the Atlantic coast of northeastern South America, from Venezuela and the Leeward Islands through Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, the Guianas, and Brazil to Uruguay. [2]

Avicennia schaueriana is self-compatible and insect-pollinated (bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, and flies). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Ellison, A., Farnsworth, E. & Moore, G. 2010. Avicennia schaueriana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178823A7617944. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T178823A7617944.en. Accessed 19 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 Avicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke Plants of the World Online , Kew Science. Accessed 19 March 2023.
  3. ↑ SILVA, RM da e CONSOLARO, HN, 2015. Polinização e sistema reprodutivo de Acanthaceae Juss. no Brasil: uma revisão. Revista de Biociências [online], vol. 31, não. 3, pp. [Accessed 27 January 2025]. DOI: 10.14393/BJ-v31n3a2015-23979. Available at: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/23979.
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