Common name
English: Red mangrove
German: Rote Mangrove
Portuguese: Mangue vermelho
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rhizophorales (1)
Family: Rhizophoraceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Rhizophora (1)
Epithet: mangle L. (1)
Synonyms: Bruguiera decangulata Griff., Rhizophora americana Nutt., Rhizophora samoensis (Hochr.) Salvoza
americana => from America
decangulata => with 10 angles
mangle => mangrove
samoensis => from the Samoan Islands
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, violet
External links
Check for Rhizophora mangle at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1791] Rhizophora mangle - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)