Lumnitzera

Lumnitzera
Lumnitzera racemosa (flowering) - Kung Krabaen, Chantaburi province, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Lumnitzera
Willd. (1803)[1]
Species

Lumnitzera littorea
Lumnitzera racemosa

Range of Lumnitzera[1]

Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove.[2] Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia.[1]

Lumnitzera littorea, Tonga
Lumnitzera racemosa, Indonesia

The genus has two species of similar vegetative appearance but with differing flower colour. Lumnitzera littorea has red flowers whereas Lumnitzera racemosa has white flowers. Both species have flat and spoon-shaped (spathulate) leaves with emarginate tips. L. racemosa dominates in the western part of the range and L. littorea dominates in the east. Hybrids occur within the zone of overlap (Lumnitzera × rosea).[1]

Three genera of the tropical woody family Combretaceae, Laguncularia, Conocarpus, and Lumnitzera, are found in mangroves but Lumnitzera is the only one to occur in the Indo-West Pacific mangroves, including Australia.[1]

Lumnitzera racemosa var. racemosa (Tonga mangrove, Afrikaans: Tonga-wortelboom, Zulu: Isikhaha-esibomvu) is a protected tree in South Africa.[3]

List of species

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lumnitzera". University of Queensland. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. "Lumnitzera". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. "Protected Trees" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2013.
  4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115712
  5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115713
  6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115714
  7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338863
  8. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115715
  9. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115716
  10. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338856
  11. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338848
  12. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338857
  13. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115717
  14. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115718
  15. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338858
  16. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338859
  17. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115719
  18. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115720
  19. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50309083
  20. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2338861
  21. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50309088
  22. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-8200505
  23. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50309089
  24. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115721
  25. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115722
  26. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115723
  27. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-115724

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