''Sonneratia'' is a

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s in the

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Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called

Sonneratiaceae Sonneratiaceae were a family of flowering plants placed in the order Myrtales by the Cronquist system. They consisted of two genera, ''Sonneratia'' and ''Duabanga''. These are now generally placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family ...

which included both the ''Sonneratia'' and the ''

Duabanga ''Duabanga'' is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, comprising two or three species. ''Duabanga'' was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic ...

'', but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family ''Lythraceae''. The genus was also named ''Blatti'' by

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, but ''Sonneratia'' had botanical nomenclature priority. ''Sonneratia'' species are

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trees. The germination is viviparous.

Species

The genus ''Sonneratia'' has the following species: *''

Sonneratia alba ''Sonneratia alba'' is a mangrove tree in the family Lythraceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning "white", referring to the flowers. Description ''S. alba'' grows up to tall with a trunk diameter up to . The cracked to fissured ...

'' Sm. *''

Sonneratia apetala ''Sonneratia'' is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the ''Sonneratia'' and the ''Duabanga'', but these two are now placed in their own monotyp ...

'' Banks *''

Sonneratia caseolaris ''Sonneratia caseolaris'', commonly known as mangrove apple, is a species of plant in the family Lythraceae. The fruit is noted for its outward similarity to the persimmon fruit. This tree is a type of mangrove growing up to 20 m in height and ...

'' (L.) Engl. *'' Sonneratia griffithii'' Kurz *'' Sonneratia × gulngai'' N.C.Duke *'' Sonneratia × hainanensis'' W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen *'' Sonneratia lanceolata'' Blume *'' Sonneratia ovata'' Backer *'' Sonneratia × urama'' N.C.Duke

References

*Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal (May 1998) "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae" ''Taxon'' 47(2): pp. 435–436; * Shi, Suhua ''et al.'' (September 2000) "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Sonneratiaceae and its Relationship to Lythraceae Based on ITS Sequences of nrDNA" ''Journal of Plant Research'' 113(3): pp. 253–258; * Duke, N. C. and Jackes, Betsy R. (1987
"A Systematic Revision of the Mangrove Genus Sonneratia (Sonneratiaceae) in Australasia"
''Blumea'' 32: pp. 277–302 - from

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Mangrove Apple (''Sonneratia alba'') from Mangrove and Wetland Wildlife at Sungei Buloh Nature Park
- retrieved 3 November 2017. Lythraceae genera {{Myrtales-stub

Species

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