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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhizophora mangle
FAMILY
Rhizophoraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhizophora mangle
FAMILY
Rhizophoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhizophora mangle
COMMON NAME:
Red Mangrove
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_796
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Keith Bradley kab_r_mangle_09527
April Monroe County FL
Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park
Adaxial surface of leaf blades shiny dark green with a conspicuous midvein, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_r_mangle_09531
April Monroe County FL
Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park
Prop roots numerous, arching, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_r_mangle_4017
August Miami-Dade County FL
Sepals widely spreading, leathery. Petals recurved, adaxially woolly, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhizophora mangle
FAMILY
Rhizophoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhizophora mangle
FAMILY
Rhizophoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhizophora mangle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhizophora mangle
4120
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Estuarine and bay shores, beaches, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Florida southward into West Indies and tropical America
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals pale yellow, petals creamy white
4(-16) sepals
4(-16) petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Berry
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