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Avicennia
Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots" which are aerial roots. It is commonly known as api api which in the Malay language means "fires", a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
black mangrove
speciesAvicennia germinans
Grey Mangrove
speciesAvicennia marina
Indian Mangrove
speciesAvicennia officinalis
Avicennia alba
speciesAvicennia alba
Avicennia schaueriana
speciesAvicennia schaueriana
Avicennia bicolor
speciesAvicennia bicolor
Avicennia rumphiana
speciesAvicennia rumphiana
Avicennia lanata
speciesAvicennia lanata
Avicennia integra
speciesAvicennia integra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62865.