Lumnitzera littorea

Summary

Lumnitzera littorea is a species of mangrove. It is native to tropical coastal and estuarine areas of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, Including India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, the Philippines, Timor Leste, New Guinea, northern Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland), the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[2]

Lumnitzera littorea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Lumnitzera
Species:
L. littorea
Binomial name
Lumnitzera littorea
(Jack) Voigt
Synonyms[2]
  • Bruguiera littorea (Jack) Steud.
  • Laguncularia coccinea Gaudich.
  • Laguncularia haenkei Endl.
  • Laguncularia pedicellata Steud.
  • Laguncularia purpurea Gaudich.
  • Lumnitzera coccinea Wight & Arn.
  • Lumnitzera pedicellata C.Presl
  • Lumnitzera pentandra Griff.
  • Lumnitzera purpurea (Gaudich.) C.Presl
  • Petaloma coccineum Blanco
  • Pyrrhanthus littoreus Jack

References edit

  1. ^ Ellison, J., Koedam, N.E., Wang, Y., Primavera, J., Jin Eong, O., Wan-Hong Yong, J. & Ngoc Nam, V. 2010. Lumnitzera littorea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178854A7628170. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T178854A7628170.en. Accessed 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 19 March 2023.