Sonneratia
Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae. The genus was also named Blatti by James Edward Smith, but Sonneratia had botanical nomenclature priority.
It germinates through viviparous germination.Species
The genus Sonneratia has twenty identified species:
- Sonneratia acida L.f.
- Sonneratia alba Sm.
- Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham.
- Sonneratia caseolaris Engl.
- Sonneratia evenia Blume
- Sonneratia griffithii Kurz
- Sonneratia gulngai N.C.Duke
- Sonneratia hainanensis W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen
- Sonneratia lanceolata Blume - Lanceolate-leafed Apple Mangrove
- Sonneratia neglecta Blume
- Sonneratia obovata Blume
- Sonneratia ovalis Korth.
- Sonneratia ovata Backer
- Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco
- Sonneratia paracaseolaris W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen
- Sonneratia punctata J.F.Gmel.
- Sonneratia rubra Oken
- Sonneratia urama N.C.Duke
