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 monotypic subfamilies of the family ''Lythraceae''. The genus was also named ''Blatti'' by James Edward Smith, but ''Sonneratia'' had botanical nomenclature priority. ''Sonneratia'' species are mangrove trees. The germination is viviparous.

Species

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

*'' Sonneratia alba'' Sm.
*'' Sonneratia apetala'' Banks
*'' Sonneratia caseolaris'' (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

See also

* Mangroves

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 Internet Archive;

External links

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

Lythraceae genera

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