Combretaceae

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Combretaceae
Temporal range: Turonian - recent [1]
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Combretum constrictum inflorescence
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
R.Br. [2]
Type genus
Combretum
Genera

see text.

Synonyms
  • Bucidaceae Spreng.
  • Myrobalanaceae Martinov
  • Strephonemataceae Venkat. & Prak.Rao
  • Terminaliaceae J.St.-Hil. [4]

The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 10 genera. [5] The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe . Three genera, Conocarpus , Laguncularia , and Lumnitzera , grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). [6] The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis . The commonly cultivated Quisqualis indica (as well as the entire former genus Quisqualis) is now placed in the genus Combretum . Many plants in the former Quisqualis genus contain the excitotoxin quisqualic acid, a potent AMPA agonist. [7]

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White mangroves

The family name comes from the type genus Combretum ; it also includes the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa , found along seacoasts in tropical America and West Africa.

Genera

Plants of the World Online currently includes: [8]

synonyms of Combretum

References

  1. ↑ "Myrtales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x . hdl: 10654/18083 .
  3. ↑ "Combretaceae R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 351 (1810), nom. cons". International Plant Names Index . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Family: Combretaceae R. Br., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  5. ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
  6. ↑ "Lumnitzera". University of Queensland. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Munir, Muhammad; Lu, Lisha; McGonigle, Paul (1995). "Excitotoxic cell death and delayed rescue in human neurons derived from NT2 cells" (PDF). Journal of Neuroscience. 15 (12): 7847–7860. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-12-07847.1995. PMID   8613724.
  8. ↑ Plants of the World Online: Combretaceae R.Br. (retrieved 19 January 2022)
  9. ↑ "GRIN Genera of Combretaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
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