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Avicennia germinans

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643fec087ad34167030217
Scientific name Avicennia germinans
Authority (L.) L.
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 3 , 2: 891 (1764)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Avicennia africana P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 80 (1806)
Avicennia elliptica Thunb. Pl. Bras. 3: 37 (1821)
Avicennia elliptica var. martii Moldenke Phytologia 30: 15 (1975)
Avicennia floridana Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832)
Avicennia germinans f. aberrans Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensis Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke Phytologia 30: 15 (1975)
Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke Phytologia 29: 75 (1974)
Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensis Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980)
Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 529 (1845)
Avicennia meyeri Miq. Linnaea 18: 262 (1845)
Avicennia nitida Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 25 (1760)
Avicennia nitida var. trinitensis Moldenke Phytologia 1: 96 (1934)
Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 310 (1860)
Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891)
Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891)
Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 25 (1760)
Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensis Jacq. Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 229 [ed. folio];284 [ed. quarto]. 1817 publ. 1818
Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 229 (1817)
Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 230 (1817)
Bontia germinans L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1122. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]
Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358. 1898
Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358 (1898)
Avicennia floridana Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 64 (1918)
Avicennia nitida Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. 2: 142 (1894)
Bontia germinans L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1122. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]
Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo Harvard Pap. Bot. 25: 233 (2020)

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Language Common/alternative name
English black mangrove
Spanish mangle negro
Bulgarian брилянтна авицения
Czech kolíkovník černý
German schwarze mangrove
Persian حرای سیاه
Japanese アフリカヒルギダマシ
Japanese ブラックマングローブ
Portuguese sereíba
Chinese 萌芽海榄雌
Chinese 黑海榄雌
Chinese 黑皮紅樹
Chinese 黑皮红树

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mauritania
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cabinda
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Mississippi
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000302902
Florida Plant Atlas 736
USDA Plants AVGE
Tropicos 33702454
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861125-1
The Plant List kew-18443
Open Tree Of Life 582599
Observations.org 198557
NCBI Taxonomy 41378
Nature Serve 2.157922
IUCN Red List 178811
IPNI 861125-1
iNaturalist 62853
GBIF 2925400
Freebase /m/0bzsxz
EPPO AVINI
EOL 579832
Elurikkus 335284
USDA GRIN 70116
Wikipedia Avicennia_germinans

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Is the threatened land crab Cardisoma guanhumi conquering human‐dominated systems? Riascos JM, Obonaga LD, Ramos J Ecol Evol 25-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11046080
doi:10.1002/ece3.10737
PMID:38681183
Melissopalynological Analysis of Honey from French Guiana Jiang W, Battesti MJ, Yang Y, Jean-Marie É, Costa J, Béreau D, Paolini J, Robinson JC Foods 31-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11012140
doi:10.3390/foods13071073
PMID:38611377
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle Zúñiga-Díaz D, Cetzal-Ix W, López-Castilla H, Noguera-Savelli E, Tamayo-Cen I, Martínez-Puc JF, Basu SK J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10964660
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00681-0
PMID:38528551
The inclusion of Amazon mangroves in Brazil’s REDD+ program Bernardino AF, Mazzuco AC, Costa RF, Souza F, Owuor MA, Nobrega GN, Sanders CJ, Ferreira TO, Kauffman JB Nat Commun 04-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10912189
doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45459-w
PMID:38438380
Fasta2Structure: a user-friendly tool for converting multiple aligned FASTA files to STRUCTURE format Bessa-Silva A BMC Bioinformatics 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10870462
doi:10.1186/s12859-024-05697-7
PMID:38365590
The effect of intentional summer flooding for mosquito control on the nitrogen dynamics of impounded Avicennia germinans mangrove forests Laanbroek HJ, Rains MC, Verhoeven JT, Whigham DF Sci Rep 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10811325
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52248-4
PMID:38272989
An Updated Review of Fossil Pollen Evidence for the Study of the Origin, Evolution and Diversification of Caribbean Mangroves Rull V Plants (Basel) 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10674848
doi:10.3390/plants12223852
PMID:38005749
Avicennia germinans leaf traits in degraded, restored, and natural mangrove ecosystems of Guyana Dookie S, Jaikishun S, Ansari AA Plant Environ Interact 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10711649
doi:10.1002/pei3.10126
PMID:38089845
Simulation of encounter rates between zooplankton organisms and microplastics in a tropical estuary Sanvicente-Añorve L, Alatorre-Mendieta M, Sánchez-Campos M, Ponce-Vélez G, Lemus-Santana E PLoS One 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10553305
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292462
PMID:37796862
Studies on genetic diversity, gene flow and landscape genetic in Avicennia marina: Spatial PCA, Random Forest, and phylogeography approaches Malekmohammadi L, Sheidai M, Ghahremaninejad F, Danehkar A, Koohdar F BMC Plant Biol 03-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10546741
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04475-6
PMID:37789283
Larvicidal Potential of Caribbean Plants Layne-Yarde RN, Sandiford SL Biomed Res Int 26-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10474962
doi:10.1155/2023/5518863
PMID:37663786
Bioprospecting for Isoetes cangae Endophytes with Potential to Promote Plant Growth Santos DS, Pontes PV, Leite AM, Ferreira AL, de Souza M, Araujo TD, dos Santos HF, de Oliveira GC, Bitencourt JA, Cavalcanti AB, Martins RL, Esteves FD Int J Microbiol 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10462435
doi:10.1155/2023/5992113
PMID:37644978
A Focus on Plant Reproduction, and a New Cover for Annals of Botany van der Kooi CJ, Sage RF Ann Bot 17-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10550266
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad101
Identification of Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove-Endophyte Lasiodiplodia iranensis F0619 by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS Delgado Gómez LM, Torres-Mendoza D, Hernández-Torres K, Ortega HE, Cubilla-Rios L Metabolites 03-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10456654
doi:10.3390/metabo13080912
PMID:37623856
Estimating Structural Damage to Mangrove Forests Using Airborne Lidar Imagery: Case Study of Damage Induced by the 2017 Hurricane Irma to Mangroves in the Florida Everglades, USA Chavez S, Wdowinski S, Lagomasino D, Castañeda-Moya E, Fatoyinbo T, Moyer RP, Smoak JM Sensors (Basel) 25-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10422621
doi:10.3390/s23156669
PMID:37571453

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Naphthalenes / Naphthoquinones
Npc216413 3884 Click to see 242.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/ARDP.19132510505
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
4-[(3aS,6aR)-6-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,3a,4,6,6a-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-3-yl]-2-methoxyphenol 137705081 Click to see 358.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00050-8
Syringaresinol, (+)- 443023 Click to see 418.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00050-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Iridoid O-glycosides
(1S,4aS,7S,7aS)-1-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-4a,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylic acid 101919824 Click to see 538.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10575639708043729
https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
(1S,4aS,7S,7aS)-1-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-4a,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylic acid 101919823 Click to see CC1(CCC2C1C(OC=C2C(=O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC4=CC=CC=C4)O 506.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
1-[3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-4a,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylic acid 163015959 Click to see 538.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
1-[4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3-phenylprop-2-enoyloxy)oxan-2-yl]oxy-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-4a,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylic acid 162998482 Click to see CC1(CCC2C1C(OC=C2C(=O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC4=CC=CC=C4)O 506.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Coumaric acids and derivatives
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl 3-O-(6-Deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-4-O-((2E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside 132274946 Click to see 624.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
Acteoside;Kusaginin;TJC160 354009 Click to see 624.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N
Verbascoside 5281800 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(OC(C2OC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)CO)OCCC4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O)O 624.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00750-N

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