''Sonneratia'' is a

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plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in the

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Lythraceae Lythraceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, including 32 genus, genera, with about 620 species of Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, and trees. The larger genera include ''Cuphea'' (275 spp.), ''Lagerstroemia'' (56), ''Nesaea (pl ...

. 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 famil ...

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 s ...

'', 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 A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

trees.

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'' 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

References

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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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