Acanthaceae

Avicennia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 110 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen

Introduced into:

California

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Moldenke in Phytologia 7: 123, 179, 259 (1960).
  • —F.T.A. 5: 331

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60 : 149–154 (1973)
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 144, fig. 21 (1992).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 49 (1754).
  • Moldenke in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60: 149–154 (1973)
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4 : 126 (1983).
  • Sp. Pl.: 110 (1753)
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 144, fig. 21 (1992).
  • in Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4: 126 (1983).

Flora of Somalia

  • Cuf. Enum.: 803 (1962)
  • Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1992), as part of Verbenaceae.
  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bakhuizen van den Brink in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz., sér. 3, 3: 199–226, tt. 14–22 (1921)
  • Biswas in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 18: 159–166, tt. 243–246 (1934)
  • Jafri, Fl. W. Pakistan 49, Avicenniac. (1973)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 49 (1754)
  • Moldenke in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60: 149–154 (1973)
  • Sp. Pl.: 110 (1753)
  • in Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4: 126 (1983) (very full references)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [537] Guyana K004885361 Yes
Willcox, C. [286] United Arab Emirates K004570588 Yes
Lanjouw, L.R. [132] Indonesia K004885157 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [867] K004570877 Yes
Harrison, C.G. [1673] Guyana K004885358 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [37] Brazil K001046331 Yes
Schimper, W. [s.n.] K004570585 Yes
Moura, O.T. [244] Brazil K001046333 Yes
J.C. Game. [69/106] Australia K004570969 Yes
Moura, O.T. [s.n.] Brazil K001046334 Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [57] Indonesia K000260988 Yes
Naguib, M.I. [402] Bahrain K004570599 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2678] Oman K004570597 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [4020] K:SPC-70602.000 No
Raulerson, L. [6750] Guam K004571026 Yes
Parker, C. (Dr) [s.n.] Guyana K004885360 Yes
Araújo, A.P. [390] Brazil K001046332 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [4020] K000260987 Yes
Gaerlan; Sagcal; Romero [PPI11021] Philippines K004570878 Yes
{Mrs. Dickson} [563] Bahrain K004570598 Yes
Schomburgk [s.n.] Guyana K004885362 Yes
Talbot, H.F. [s.n.] Guyana K004885365 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [60] Bahrain K004570601 Yes
{Ag. Amin} [SAN126040] K004885159 Yes
Capt. J.D. McComish [126] Australia K004570967 Yes
Streimann, H. [NGF23996] K004570876 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3302] Yemen K004570586 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A.; Wightman, G.M.; Short, P.S. [20660] Australia K004570980 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3009] Oman K004570596 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1716] Guyana K004885357 Yes
Leechman, A. [s.n.] Guyana K004885363 Yes
s.coll. [F3027] Guyana K004885359 Yes
Ambri; Arifin; Arbainsyah [AA1237] Indonesia K004885158 Yes
Green, P.S. [2047] Australia K004570968 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K004885364 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1742] K001114039 Unknown Type Material Yes
Martins, V.S. [7] Brazil K001046330 Yes
Puradyatmika, P. [10407] K000260986 Yes
[E Chartes Phillips] [80] Bahrain K004570600 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A.; Wightman, G.M.; Short, P.S. [20660] Australia K004570979 Yes
[C. Willcox] [286] United Arab Emirates K004570587 Yes
Utteridge, T.M.A. [57] Indonesia K:SPC-70110.000 No

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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