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Aegiceras

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Aegiceras is a genus of trees and shrubs from Southeast Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific Island,. and in Australia, in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia. They occur as mangroves in coastal or estuarine areas.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyPrimulaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Native toAndaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar
Observations recorded7,443

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
49
With media
42
Family
Primulaceae
Collections
A, GH, RSA, BRIT, MEL
Recorded in
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Primulaceae
Image
Aegiceras corniculatum Blanco1.38-cropped.jpg
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Commons category
Aegiceras
taxon name
Aegiceras
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Aegiceras
taxon common name
蜡烛果属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Aegiceras is a genus of trees and shrubs from Southeast Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific Island,. and in Australia, in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia. They occur as mangroves in coastal or estuarine areas.

The genus was first described in 1788 by Joseph Gaertner. The genus name, Aegiceras, derives from two Greek words: aix ("goat") and keras ("horn", and describes the genus as having fruits with horns like a goat.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aegiceras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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