Genus Avicennia L.


Summary
Genus number:
1194
Last updated:
30 March 2006
Family:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily:
Avicennioideae
Accession count:

2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Duke, N. C. 1991. A systematic revision of the mangrove genus Avicennia (Avicenniaceae) in Australasia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:299-324.
  2. Schwarzbach, A. E. & L. A. McDade. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of the mangrove family Avicenniaceae based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 27:84-98. Note: groups with Acanthaceae, not Verbenaceae
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=1194. Accessed 11 May 2026.