Herbaria

Family

Rhizophoraceae

subfamily

Genus

Rhizophora L.

Species

Rhizophora mucronata Lam.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Lam.

citation

Encycl6(1): 189(1804)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ra)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (66)

Habitat

Muddy shores and lagoons under sea water

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Nano-Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Mangrove مانجروف

EnglishName

Red mangrove

herbariaUses

medicinal

prevent coastal erosion

timber

GlobalDistribution

Tropical African coast to Indian ocean, America and Australia

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

global (LC)

Egypt (EN- Endangered)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.& Hosni, H.A. 2000. Conservation and Threats. In M.N. El Hadidi. Flora Aegyptiaca. Palm Press

El Hadidi,M.N.; Abdel Ghani, M. and Fahmy, AG. 1992. The Plant Red Data Book of Egypt 1. Woody Perennial. Palm Press and Cairo Univ. Herbarium

Hegazy, A.K. (ed.). 2016. Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in Egypt. Vol. 4, North Eastern Desert and Red Sea Coast area. ASRT & EEAA , Cairo Egypt