Rhizophoraceae

The Rhizophoraceae is a family of tropical or subtropical flowering plants. It includes around 147 species distributed in 15 genera. Under the family, there are three tribes, Rhizophoreae, Gynotrocheae, and Macarisieae. Even though Rhizophoraceae is known for its mangrove members, only the genera under Rhizophoreae grow in the mangrove habitats and the remaining members live in inland forests.

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Ceriops is a genus of mangroves in the family Rhizophoraceae.

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Kandelia is a plant genus of two species in the mangrove family Rhizophoraceae.

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Macarisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhizophoraceae.

Sterigmapetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhizophoraceae.

Pellacalyx is a genus of trees in the family Rhizophoraceae, distributed in Southeast Asia and surrounding regions.

Paradrypetes is a plant genus under the family Rhizophoraceae. It includes two species endemic to Brazil. It is sometimes included in the Picrodendraceae and was formerly included in the family Euphorbiaceae.

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Crossostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhizophoraceae. With a distribution spanning the South Pacific, it consists of 12 species of shrubs and trees that reside in tropical environments. The genus was first described by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in 1776, and its type species is Crossostylis biflora.

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Anopyxis is a genus of flowering plants in the Rhizophoraceae family. It contains a single species, Anopyxis klaineana, a tree native to West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria) and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic). It grows in lowland evergreen rain forest.

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Blepharistemma membranifolium is a species of plant in the family Rhizophoraceae, and the only species of the genus Blepharistemma. The tree typically grows in a wet tropical biome and is native to southwest India.

Comiphyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhizophoraceae. It includes a single species, Comiphyton gabonense, a tree native to Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in west-central tropical Africa.

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Gynotroches is a monotypic genus of trees in the family Rhizophoraceae. It contains the single species Gynotroches axillaris. The generic name ' is from the Greek meaning "woman wheel", referring to the shape of the stigma. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin, referring to the axillary position of the flowers.

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