Avicennia officinalis L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 110 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Asia to N. & E. Australia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Avicennia obovata Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 189 (1854)
- Avicennia oepata Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 221 (1835)
- Avicennia officinalis var. acuminata Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 562 (1928)
- Avicennia officinalis f. flaviflora Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 249 (1898)
- Avicennia officinalis f. tomentosa Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 249 (1898)
- Halodendrum thouarsii Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 3: 485 (1818)
- Racka ovata Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 3: 207 (1818)
- Racka torrida J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 245 (1791)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Debnath, H.S. (2004). Mangroves of Andaman & Nicobar islands: taxonomy and ecology: 1-133. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- 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.
- Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Apr 1, 2016 | Johns, R.J. [12783], Papua New Guinea | K000938884 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2007 | Piskaut [20220], Papua New Guinea | K000247922 | No | ||
| Mar 1, 1999 | Willis, F.R. [52], New Guinea | K000260989 | No | ||
| Willis, F.R. [61], New Guinea | K000260985 | No | |||
| Kuntze, O. [5928], Malaysia | K000885458 | isotype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images