Sonneratia alba

Sonneratia alba

Sonneratia alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Sonneratia
Species: Sonneratia alba

Name

Sonneratia alba Sm.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Blatti alba (Sm.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Blatti leucantha (Montrouz.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238 (1891)
  • Blatti pagatpat (Blanco) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 21 (1892)
  • Chiratia leucantha Montrouz. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 203 (1860)
  • Sonneratia acida var. mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Mattei in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 108 (1908)
  • Sonneratia alba var. iriomotensis (Masam.) Masam. in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 272 (1939)
  • Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam. in Syokubtu-tirigaku: t. 71 (1936)
  • Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 66 (1861)
  • Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 424 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Mascareñas Aldabra, Comoros, Maldives, Seychelles Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Gilbert Is., Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Vietnam Continental:Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. in A. Rees, 1816. Cycl. 33: Sonneratia no. 2.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sonneratia alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sonneratia alba. Published online. Accessed: August 23 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Sonneratia alba. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Sonneratia alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sonneratia alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

Cebuano: pagatpat
suomi: Valko-omenamangrove

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