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Rhizophoraceae
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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.
OverviewAI-generated
Rhizophoraceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Malpighiales. The taxon is accepted and commonly referred to as red mangrove. Its habitats include marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.
Records for this family are held by institutions such as SDNHM, MICH, IGL-UNAM, BRIT, and UFPB. These records originate from the United States, Mexico, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The family has 169,610 occurrences and 1,344 associated publications.
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Species
red mangrove
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyRhizophoraceae
General: Rhizophoraceae are trees and shrubs with opposite leaves Appearance: Key to genera of Neotropical Rhizophoraceae 1. Ovary
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 239
- With media
- 168
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Collections
- SDNHM, MICH, IGL-UNAM, BRIT, UFPB, USP-IB
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Brasil, Brazil, Australia
Research
1,344 papers- Comparative chloroplast genome analyses provide insights into evolutionary history of Rhizophoraceae mangroves.PeerJ · 2023
- A taxonomic revision of Rhizophora L. (Rhizophoraceae) in Thailand.PeerJ · 2024
- Bacterial communities vary across populations and tissue type in red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophoraceae) along an expanding front.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2022
- Nutrition of mangroves.Tree physiology · 2010
- Photosynthesis in response to salinity and submergence in two Rhizophoraceae mangroves adapted to different tidal elevations.Tree physiology · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiales
- Image
- Rhizophora yngtree.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rhizophoraceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Rhizophoraceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhizophoraceae
- taxonomic type
- Rhizophora
- taxon common name
- 红树科
- different from
- mangrove
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- Morphological Characteristics
- Evolutionary history
- References
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.
==Taxonomy == This family is now placed in the order Malpighiales, though under the Cronquist system, they formed an order in themselves (Rhizophorales). It is sister group to Erythroxylaceae. The sister group to the tribe Rhizophoreae is Gynotrocheae. The generic relationships within the Macarisiae are not fully resolved.
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