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Avicennia schaueriana
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Acanthus family

Avicennia schaueriana

LC Least Concern

Names

English—
Dutch—
SpanishMangle Blanco
Chinese—
Scientific nameAvicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke

About this species

Avicennia schaueriana is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It grows in coastal and estuarine locations along the Atlantic coast of northeastern South America, from Venezuela and the Leeward Islands through Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, the Guianas, and Brazil to Uruguay.

Avicennia schaueriana is self-compatible and insect-pollinated (bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, and flies).

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyAcanthaceae
GenusAvicennia

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