Taxon:
Rhizophora mangle L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:443. 1753
Verified:
02/25/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
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Common names
English
American mangrove – mangrove – red mangrove – Portuguese
mangue-vermelho – Spanish
mangle – mangle colorado – mangle rojo – Swedish
amerikansk mangrove –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
Native
Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Nayarit, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Dominican Republic, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States |
Materials | wood | | Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |