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Accession Data:

Rhizophora mangle L.

  • Common Name: Red Mangrove
  • Family: Rhizophoraceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: tropical America
  • Habitat: tidal shores & marshes

  • Description: The Red Mangrove is common to tidal shores and marshes in southern Florida and tropical America. It has arching aerial roots which form stilts and trunks creating the dense, soil stabilizing tangles that the mangrove is known for.

    The bark of the mangrove is also an important source of tannin.

    An unusual feature of the mangrove is the seed which germinates and produces a radicle up to 12 inches long before falling from the tree.

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400266
  • Source:
  • Provenance:
    New seeds field collected in southern Florida, planted Sept 12 2022
  • Accession Date: 11-09-2004
  • Bench: 1119 - AFR:South Tanks W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Magnoliophyta
    • Class: Magnoliopsida
    • SubClass: eurosid I
    • Order: Malpighiales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Rhizophoraceae
    • SubFamily:
    • Tribe: Rhizophoreae
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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    2025
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    References (internal):

    • Aquatic Plants
    • Benthophyte
    • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
    • Examples of Plant Seed Dispersal Mechanisms & Strategies
    • Examples of plants with stilt roots
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    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Guinea / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Florida / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Belize / Costa Rica / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Dominican Republic / Jamaica / Puerto Rico / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, May 04, 2016.
    2. Rhizophora mangle at ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Friday, 08 March, 2019.

    data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:09:13 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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    Rhizophora mangle

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    Current Accessions in the Rhizophoraceae

    Subfamily
    Tribe Rhizophoreae

    • Rhizophora mangle
    W/C = Wild Collected
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