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, 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 I, 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, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre

Introduced into:

California

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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?
Edwards, P.J. [4020], New Guinea 70602.000 No
Edwards, P.J. [4020], New Guinea K000260987 No
Puradyatmika, P. [10407], New Guinea K000260986 No
Martins, V.S. [7], Brazil K001046330 Yes
Araújo, A.P. [390], Brazil K001046332 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [37], Brazil K001046331 Yes
Moura, O.T. [s.n.], Brazil K001046334 Yes
Moura, O.T. [244], Brazil K001046333 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0