Common name
English: Button mangrove
German: Knopfmangrove
Portuguese: Mangue botão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Combretaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Conocarpus (1)
Epithet: erectus L. (1)
Synonyms: Conocarpus acutifolius Willd. ex Schult., Conocarpus procumbens L., Conocarpus sericeus J.R.Forst. ex G.Don, Conocarpus sericeus (Griseb.) Jiménez, Conocarpus supina Crantz
acutifolius => with pointed leaves
erectus => upright, perpendicular
procumbens => prostrate or lying down
sericeus => silky, covered with silky pubescence
supina => lying down
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: green, yellow
External links
Check for Conocarpus erectus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [231] Conocarpus erectus - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.