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Taxon:  Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny



Summary
Genus:
Bruguiera
Family:
Rhizophoraceae
Nomen number:
403585
Place of publication:
J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 4:696. 1798
Comment:
  • recommendation of W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin ed. 4: 261. 1992 followed in retaining original spelling: "The initial ρ of a Greek word transliterated as rh, e.g. rhiza (ριζα, root, rhizome), should have an additional r added to it when preceded by a vowel, e.g. Glycyrrhiza (γλυκυρριζα, liquorice, from γλυκος, sweet, ριζα, root), leptorrhiza (λεπτορριζα, with a thin root, from λεπτος, small, slender), but as many reputable authors, Linnaeus among them, have omitted this additional r, it is best regarded as optional and an author's original spelling, as in Lemna polyrhiza, should be accepted."
  • authorship verified from original literature (see p. 697)
Verified:
12/07/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Rhizophora gymnorhiza L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bruguiera conjugata auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993 Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960- Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  4. Duke, J. A. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
  5. Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note: http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/B.gymno-largeleafmangrove.pdf
  6. Farr, E. R. et al., eds. Index nomina genericorum. 1979; suppl. 1986 Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  7. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  9. Greuter, W. et al. 1993. NCU-3: Names in current use for extant plant genera. Regnum Veg. 129:156. Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  10. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990 Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  11. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  12. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:215.
  13. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991 Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  14. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970- Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Savigny
  15. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. 1983-1989 Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.
  16. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam., but corrects authorship to "(L.) Savigny" in 6:966. 1972
  17. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993- Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  19. Wagner, W. L. et al. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. 1990 Note: lists as B. "gymnorrhiza" (L.) Lam.
  20. Whitmore, T. C. et al., eds. Tree flora of Indonesia, Check list for Kalimantan. 1989 Note: lists as B. gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny
  21. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
black mangrove –
Burmese mangrove –
large-fruit orange mangrove –
large-leaf mangrove –
nobble-root mangrove –
orange mangrove –
Oriental mangrove –
red mangrove –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
flavoring (fide Handb Nuts) –
Materials
fiber (for rayon manufacture fide Handb Nuts) –


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