Avicennia germinans

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ACANTHACEAE
Species:Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Common Name:Black Mangrove
Habitat:Outer coastal areas.
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Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:A species long known to be native to coastal areas of peninsula Florida, Louisiana and Texas in addition to islands in the Caribbean. In recent times, perhaps due to warming of the planet, it has been discovered in coastal Mississippi (2013) and Alabama (2020).
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Persisting, Native
References:First documented occurrence in Alabama as published on AL.com.

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Classification

FamilyACANTHACEAE - Acanthus family
Genus Avicennia
Species Avicennia germinans (L.) L. - Black Mangrove

Citation

Citation Avicennia germinans (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (ed. 3) 2: 891. 1764.
Basionym: Bontia germinans L. 1759.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (lectotype: LINN 813.2). Lectotypified by Stearn, Kew Bull. 1958: 34. 1958.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Bontia germinans Bontia germinans L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2: 1122. 1759.  

Specimens and Distribution

No specimens exist for this species.