Characteristics
Dicots
Laguncularia racemosa (L.)C.F.Gaertn.
WHITE MANGROVE
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The small pits on the leaf blades have been described as containing salt-excreting glands (Dassanayake & Larkin 2017).
Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA (Linnaeus) C. F. Gaertner., Suppl. Carp. 209. 1807.
Conocarpus racemosus Linnaeus 1759.
Without data (lectotype: LINN 237.2). Lectotypified by Bornstein, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 2: 459. 1989.
Species Distribution Map
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Conocarpus racemosus
Conocarpus racemosus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 930. 1759.
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: LINN 237.2). Lectotypified by Bornstein, in Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 2: 459. 1989.
Laguncularia glabriflora
Laguncularia glabriflora C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 22. 1831.
TYPE: ECUADOR: Guayas: Guayaquil, s.d., Haenke s.n. (holotype: PR?).
Laguncularia obovata
Laguncularia obovata Miquel, Linnaea 18: 752. 1844.
Laguncularia racemosa forma longifolia
Laguncularia racemosa (Linnaeus) C. F. Gaertner, forma longifolia J. F. Macbride, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 125. 1930.
TYPE: PERU: Tumbez: Between Tumbez and Zarumilla, 30-31 Jan 1927, Weberbauer 7527 (holotype: F).
Laguncularia racemosa var. glabriflora
Laguncularia racemosa (Linnaeus) C. F. Gaertner, var. glabriflora (C. Presl) Stace, in Harling & Sparre, Fl. Ecuador 81: 11. 2007.
BASIONYM: Laguncularia glabriflora C.Presl 1831.
Rhizaeris alba
Rhizaeris alba Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 90. 1838, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Conocarpus racemosus Linnaeus 1759.
Schousboea commutata
Schousboea commutata Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 2: 332. 1825, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Conocarpus racemosus Linnaeus 1759.
Specimens and Distribution
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